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This person was missing Missing Since 02/19/2005

Missing Since:

Missing Since 02/19/2005

Missing From:

Missing From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Classification:

Classification Endangered Missing

Gender:

Female

Race:

Race White

Date of Birth:

Date of Birth 01/01/1971 (54)

Age:

Age 34 years old

Height and Weight:

Height and Weight 5’5, 118 pounds

Clothing/Jewelry Description:

Clothing/Jewelry Description A cream-colored sweater, a dark-colored (possibly black) jacket, blue jeans, and three silver rings on one of her middle fingers. Carrying a black purse with two handles.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Dark brown hair, hazel eyes. Imbo has a tattoo of flowers on her lower back. She has a small gap between her two front teeth. Imbo often wears dark-colored Clinique lipstick but does not usually wear very much other makeup. Her fingernails and toenails are always painted. She smoked about one pack of Marlboro Lights cigarettes a day at the time she went missing. Imbo usually wears designer clothing. Her maiden name is Ottobre.

Details of Disappearance:

On February 19, 2005, Imbo and her boyfriend, Richard Petrone, disappeared. They were last seen leaving Abilene’s bar in Philadelphia around 11:30-11:45 pm, saying they were heading to Imbo’s home in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. They seemed happy and normal that night.

What makes this disappearance strange is:

* **Missing Truck:** Petrone’s black and silver 2001 Dodge Dakota/Ram pickup truck (PA license plate YFH2319, possibly with a NASCAR #99 sticker) is gone.
* **No Contact:** Neither Imbo nor Petrone have used their phones, bank accounts, credit cards, or EZ-Pass since that night. Imbo missed a hair appointment the next day. Her purse and wallet are missing.
* **Family Concerns:** Both had young children and loved ones say they wouldn’t leave them voluntarily.
* **Troubled Relationships:** Imbo and her estranged husband had argued and threatened each other. She’d tried to reconcile with him, but he was seeing someone else. Just before disappearing, Imbo told both her husband and Petrone she needed space and was considering breaking up with Petrone.

Police have interviewed many people but have little evidence. They don’t think it was a random act of violence or kidnapping. The case is being investigated as a possible double homicide, even a murder-for-hire, with suspicion falling on those close to the couple. The investigation involves both New Jersey and Pennsylvania authorities and remains unsolved.

Agency:

South Philadelphia Police Department 215-686-3013

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