Lauren Dumolo honored in Cape Coral vigil 2 years after her disappearance

A vigil for Lauren Dumolo was held at Four Freedoms Park in downtown Cape Coral on Saturday after she disappeared nearly two years ago. The goal is to reinvigorate the search and encourage people with information to come forward.

Sunday, June 19, marked two years since Lauren, a Southwest Florida mother, disappeared while her family still searching for answers.

Four Freedoms Park was chosen for the vigil because it is where Dumolo’s purse was found.

It’s been two years since Dumolo’s sister, Cassie Carey, last spoke with her older sister.

“On the 18th of June and 2020. I actually spoke to Lauren at 6:30 p.m. for four minutes. And that was the last communication I had with her. So I didn’t know, you know, going to bed that night that I was going to wake up, and my whole world would be upside down and never the same,” Carey said.

Another of Lauren’s sisters, Lindsey Smith, said, “One year was still like a weird time for us. I mean, we’re still trying to process it. But two years, it’s like enough’s enough. Like, we want answers. And we also are just so sad.”

Dumolo was last seen on camera on June 18, 2020. Surveillance footage shows her at a gas station picking up a job application.

Two years later, Dumolo’s family just wants to find their loved one.

“There’s been a lot of ups and downs, a lot of heartache, heartbreak, a lot of really high moments where we thought we were you know, getting conclusion getting to, you know, an answer and getting to an end and then it just been dropped again. So here we are still two years later, we don’t really have any answers,” said Carey.

“One year was still like a weird time for us. I mean, we’re still trying to process it. But two years, it’s like enough’s enough. Like, we want answers,” said Smith.

The investigation director for Missing in America, Joe Fanciulli, attended the vigil Saturday. Missing in America is a volunteer group looking for missing people.

Fanciulli said that the Dumolo family reached out five months ago to see if the organization could help with Lauren’s case. Five months later, their investigation continues.

“There are people down here who know what happened to her. There are people who are aware of what happened to her. And it’s just a matter of getting somebody to come forward with a little piece of information that maybe can connect to disjointed facts,” said Fanciulli.

The crowd was asked to wear pink to honor Dumolo because that was her favorite color.

Attendees said they planned on being there no matter the weather.

Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers said that they had received several tips about the case over the last two years, but none have led them to find Dumolo.

Crime Stoppers is asking if you have any information about this case to come forward.

You can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS.