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This all happened very fast. We had a normal sister, you know, that was going to college and had her stuff together.

And then the next thing we know, I mean, this all literally happened within a year. She had her whole life just, we were just stunned.

And she was in Florida and we were in Colorado. So we only heard what she was telling us, you know, we didn't see any of it.

And to get control of all of it was super hard being, you know, me and my older sister had hit.

We didn't know she was going to just be gone, you know. She wanted to be sober and she was trying to be sober.

And she was, if you ask any of her friends her whole life, she had her life together.

And the last time I had to her was February 13th. And she was going to bust up.

Can't remember where she was going. And it was weird. It's like I knew instinctively the next day that something was wrong or the day after.

And more so now because I know, you know, if you look back and you don't remember every conversation you have with a person, but I remember that conversation.

So I started trying to call all of us agreed. My mom, my sister, and Amanda, we all agreed something was wrong, but she wasn't talking to anybody.

And it was one of those things we call and you call and you call herself out. It just filled up the voice now for them. And then it fed.

That was only what a day and a half probably before that was all done and over with. No way to get a hold of her. And we called hospitals and we called shelter sent to be in commation.

And we tried all that. And I started calling the police since then days, maybe 24 to 36 hours max. And they wouldn't do anything at all. She's an adult. She's not really resident here. Drug addict.

And trying to get through to these people that that did not define her. You know, she's somebody's daughter and she's somebody's sister and all of those things. She's a person. She is a person.

On February 17, 2009, 22 year old Laura Nimbach went missing. According to reports, Laura's last interaction was with a police officer who found her sleeping behind a building near memorial hospital.

And she was holding near memorial park cemetery, which is located on 49th street in St. Petersburg, Florida. When the officer came upon her, he informed her about local homeless shelters that she could go to.

Laura allegedly told the officer that she had been at a shelter the previous day, but had left for unknown reasons.

Laura was in the midst of leaving a highly abusive relationship and was currently without a permanent place to stay. She had been bouncing around from friends homes to shelters.

After this interaction, Laura Nimbach told the officer that she would make her way to another shelter. But after they parted ways, Laura was never seen or heard from again.

For about a year prior to her disappearance, Laura had struggled with an opioid addiction. When she went missing, it appeared that officials did not take the family's concerns seriously.

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