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Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone.

MUS-2026-0088

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MUS-2026-0088

Missing person

Incident
2005
Indexed
Oct 5, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
Agency
Philadelphia Police Department
Location
Philadelphia PA

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Summary

What happened, as the record shows.

Danielle Imbo, 34, and Richard Petrone Jr., 35, left Abilene's bar on South Street in Philadelphia on February 19, 2005, headed for Mount Laurel, New Jersey, and vanished. Petrone's 2001 Dodge Dakota also disappeared. Neither person has used a bank, card, EZ-Pass, or phone since. The FBI explored a possible murder-for-hire angle in 2008 and named no suspects. Both remain missing.

Timeline

What the record establishes.

  1. 2005

    Imbo, 34, and Petrone, 35, leave Abilene's bar on South Street late February 19, 2005 and are never seen again.

  2. 2005

    Petrone misses an 11:00 a.m. salon appointment on February 20; his Dakota pickup is never recovered.

  3. 2008

    The FBI announces a possible murder-for-hire angle; no suspects are named.

  4. 2026

    Neither person has been found. The case remains unsolved.

Key people

The people in the file.

MissingDanielle Imbo

34, of Philadelphia. Left Abilene's bar with Richard Petrone Jr. on February 19, 2005 and vanished.

MissingRichard Petrone Jr.

35. His 2001 Dodge Dakota pickup (Pennsylvania plate YFH2319) also vanished.

Investigating agencyPhiladelphia Police Department

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