Viola was last seen leaving the Glenwood, Illinois residence of her adult daughter, Angela Martin, on the morning of December 26, 2009. She said she was going to visit her other daughter, Latrina, who had just been released from the hospital, and lived onlay about fifteen or twenty minutes away. She never arrived. Viola’s family reported her missing on December 29, 2009, after their own search efforts were without success. On December 30, 2009, the police found her tan 1999 Chrysler Cirrus abandoned, parked illegally on a street in Dixmoor, Illinois, far from Latrina’s home. There was no sign of Viola at the scene. She worked at a local medical facility in 2009. She never picked up her last paycheck. Since her disappearance there have been several reported sightings of her in the Chicago area, but none of them have been confirmed.