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Search for missing woman goes viral

From Michigan and Colorado, the family of Laura Nimbach has been using Twitter, Facebook and blogs to organize a search. Laura was last seen in St. Petersburg in February.

Facebook group, blog posts, and tweets on Twitter. The search has ballooned from there, with information on everything from a wedding blog to a website dedicated to knitters.Complete strangers even responded to their ad on Craig's List, asking for volunteers to post fliers around St. Petersburg."We just knew we had to do this to get her name out there," said Amanda Bott, Laura's childhood friend.To help in the search for Laura Nimbach, you can follow it on Twitter at FndLauraNimbach, or join the Finding Laura Nimbach Facebook group.A beautiful woman with a sparkling personality, Laura's family jokes she is the "golden child" of the family. She'd paid part of her way through Catholic high school and her family says she was always driven to succeed.But, according to her friends, the past year had changed Laura. They say she'd gotten involved in an abusive relationship. She'd also developed an addiction to Oxycodone.In February, Laura's friends say she was living in a domestic violence shelter in Clearwater. She walked off on February 16. The next day, a deputy sheriff found her sleeping behind a building in the 4800 block of 49<>If you've seen Laura or have information on her whereabouts, you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS. Tips can remain anonymous."If she was just somewhere on drugs, she would call," Hackstock choked through tears. "We don't even know if she's alive... Laura, please come home."Watch 10 Connects News This Morning at 6:30 a.m. on Monday for a live interview with Skype from Fruita, Colorado with Laura's older sister, Rene Benedetto./>

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