Tomorrow is the 2 year mark since she went missing (being from Auburn) I saw our local newspaper had a story on her..
So you all can read and remember Lori...
http://www.oanow.com/oan/news/local/article/the_slesinski_case_two_years_later/19986/
Katie Stallcup
Staff writer
Published: June 9, 2008
It’s been two years since Arlene Slesinski last heard from her daughter, Lori. Two years of worry, of not knowing.
The Auburn resident, who would be 26 this year, was last heard from June 10, 2006. Her mother reported her missing June 13, and her blue 2005 Mazda Tribute was found burning in the early morning hours of June 14.
Two years later, still no sign of Lori. No sign of the girl who loved music and going to the beach, who had so many CDs, it was “unbelievable.”
“It’s still very hard,” Arlene Slesinski said. “I can’t stop thinking about her … Lori was just a very loving, kind person. She had a zest for life. She had hopes and dreams for really pursuing a lot of different things. Unfortunately, it looks like she’ll never get to do that.
“I never give up hope (of finding her). I stay in contact with the police, I keep trying to hope somebody will come forward with something.”
Auburn police are hoping the same thing. They’ve re-interviewed people and searched local areas, but they’ve run out of luck.
“We are continuing to search for new leads and information, trying to identify that one person who may have that particular piece of information that will help us resolve it,” Auburn police Capt. Tommy Carswell said.
They’re looking for someone who may know something about Slesinski’s disappearance, especially the time period between the last time she was heard from and the morning her car was found aflame.
“We just feel there are people that know more than what we’ve been told,” Auburn police Capt. Paul Register said. “There’s a family that’s wondering what’s happened to their daughter. And we would hope that at some point, the feelings for the family of this girl, and friends, would override the fear or whatever reason somebody would not come forward and tell us what they know about it.”
Disappearances like Slesinski’s are rare in Auburn, police said. More often, an individual is contacted hours after a missing person report is filed. But that doesn’t mean people shouldn’t file reports quickly, Carswell said. The sooner a report is filed, the better the chance of finding the missing person.
Even though it’s been two years, Slesinski’s case has not been forgotten, Carswell said.
“June the 10th isn’t just a day for those parents,” he said. “It’s a day for the police department, too. We haven’t forgotten it. It’s not in the file room, it’s not in the records. It’s on the detective’s desk.”
Auburn police won’t rest until they bring the family closure, Auburn police Capt. Tom Stofer said.
“Until that day comes, our detectives will continue to revisit that case, look at the case, work on that case and do everything we possibly can because the family deserves nothing less.”
And until that day comes, Arlene Slesinski will keep hoping.
“You just take one day at a time,” she said. “Anybody out there that’s a parent would understand. You can’t give up hope. You just can’t. It’s your child, and there’s nothing more in the world that you want than to know where your child is.”