Bernadine M. Montgomery, an 84-year-old Leesburg resident, was last seen at her home in the 100 block of Palmora Boulevard on June 15, 2016. A neighbor reported her missing on June 22; police entering her residence found bloodstains and other signs suggesting foul play. Her blue 2005 Chevrolet was recovered at a park near Lake Harris shortly after she disappeared.

Investigators say David Adam Mariotti befriended Montgomery and that, when she discovered co-defendant Tracie Jo Naffziger stealing from the house and threatened to call police, Mariotti attacked and strangled her with a rope. Prosecutors allege the pair kept her body in the home for several days, then dumped it in a wooded area near Palatka roughly 75 miles north of Leesburg, and used her credit cards and pawned her belongings.

Naffziger pleaded no contest in March 2018 to accessory after the fact to second-degree murder and credit card fraud and agreed to testify against Mariotti, admitting she helped dispose of the body and used Montgomery’s cards while claiming she was not present at the killing. In April 2018 Mariotti was convicted of first-degree murder and burglary with battery and received life imprisonment after the jury did not unanimously recommend death.

If anyone knew Montgomery, her routines, or saw her car in June 2016, can you share what you remember?