Charles Wilding, 69, of Sherman Oaks was last officially seen on December 1, 2020. Neighbors who knew him as a shy, reclusive man who had lived his whole life on Kingswood Road became worried in fall 2020 after they had not seen him for several months. At the time he went missing he was described as a white male with brown eyes and gray hair, 6 feet 3 inches and about 220 pounds.

Neighbors were told by a woman identified as Caroline Joanne Herrling, also known as Carrie Phenix, that Wilding had moved to a beach house in Carpinteria and that she was his close friend and trustee. An anonymous tip to the Los Angeles Police Department in October 2021 led investigators to allege that Herrling and others had broken into Wilding’s home, found him deceased, and concealed his body while forging documents to take control of his estate and financial accounts. Herrling was arrested and later pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy to commit wire fraud for a scheme that targeted vulnerable and deceased victims.

What can anyone who knew Charles or his movements in late 2020 add to this timeline?