ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando police continue to search for a woman who vanished after going to meet a man she met online, but they say they don't believe he's involved with her disappearance.
Police said Sandra Lemire, 47, left her home on Windward Court around 9 p.m. Tuesday to meet the man at the McDonalds, where he worked, in Kissimmee near Old Town. She was driving a red 2004 Ford Freestyle van with a Florida license tag reading J36-8ZE.
Pauline Varner, Lemire's grandmother,says Lemire told her she went to meet a man named "Joe," who she believes Lemire met online, for coffee. Police said the man was interviewed and told police they met up and went their separate ways. Police said they believe his story.
According to two Facebook pages Local 6 found, Lemire filled out a profile for Speeddate.com in October 2011. Another Facebook page shows updates and potential matches from Speeddate.com, but shows no recent activity.
Varner was worried because because her granddaughter is a diabetic and doesn't have her insulin with her.
"It's very difficult because you just don't know, and it's not a good thing. I just hope she's alright," said Varner. "She told me she would call me when she got down there and she did, then she said she'd call me when she got ready to come back and I said 'OK fine,' but that never happened."
Varner said her granddaughter, a mother of three, never disappears for hours or days at a time without telling her.
It's just not like her because if she goes to the store she says I'll be back in an hour and she's back in an hour."
Lemire is described as 5 feet 4 inches tall and 130 pounds with blond hair.
When asked what police think happened, Sgt. Vince Ogburn of Orlando Police Department said they're puzzled.
"That's the mystery. We don't know," Ogburn said. "We're just wanting anyone to call us if they see the van so we can get her side of the story as to why she doesn't want to be found."
Varner said Lemire has gone out with people she's met online before, but usually introduces them to Varner first.
Anyone with information about her whereabouts is urged to call the Orlando Police Department at 321-235-5300.