Missing
Laura Marie Nimbach
Nimbach, approximately 2009
Date and time person was reported missing : 02/17/2009
Missing location (approx) :
St. Petersburg, Florida
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 08/26/1986 (34)
Age at the time of disappearance: 22 years old
Height / Weight : 5'5, 105 pounds
Medical conditions : Nimbach suffers from asthma and has a history of drug abuse, namely the prescription painkiller oxycodone. She also has a history of suicide attempts and may have been suicidal at the time of her disappearance. In November 2008, she took over 250 pills in an attempted suicide, suffered heart and kidney failure and was hospitalized. She may still be experiencing medical problems as a result.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Blonde hair, light brown eyes. Nimbach's hair is naturally brown, but it was bleached light blonde at the time of her disappearance. It is naturally curly, but she may straighten it. Nimbach has a pink flower with a tribal design tattooed on her lower back, and her initials "LN" tattooed on her left wrist. She may spell her last name "Nimback," "Numbach" and/or "Numback," and her first name "Lora." Her nose, upper lip, tongue and navel are pierced, and she has a scar on her eyebrow from a previous piercing.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Nimbach was last seen in St. Petersburg, Florida on February 17, 2009. A police officer saw her sleeping behind a building in the 4800 block of 49th Street near Memorial Park Cemetery. He woke her and told her about local homeless shelters.
Nimbach had left a domestic violence shelter the previous day. She told the officer she was leaving her abusive boyfriend and would travel to another shelter. She never showed up at any local shelters and has never been heard from again.
Nimbach was a transient at the time of her disappearance, but she always kept in touch with her family. Due to her transient lifestyle, the police refused to accept a missing persons report until March 31, six weeks after she was last seen.
Nimbach grew up in Michigan and enrolled in Wayne State University to study nursing, but dropped out after two years and moved to Florida. She became addicted to oxycodone in 2007. She stayed briefly in two drug rehabilitation centers in June 2008, then returned to Florida in July and stayed there until November.
Nimbach attempted suicide in Florida in late November 2008. Following her release from the hospital, she returned to Kentucky and stayed until January, when she returned to Florida to attend the pre-trial hearing for a court case against her.
The charge was assaulting a police officer, and Nimbach was not concerned, as she believed she would probably be put on probation. She disappeared a week before the hearing.
Nimbach's loved ones fear for her safety, due to her lifestyle, drug addiction and lack of contact. Her case remains unsolved. Some Age at the time of disappearance: ncies state Nimbach disappeared from Largo, Florida.
Other information and links : ncy
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
727-582-6333
September 2021 updates and sources
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
