WINSLOW -- A 52-year-old South Pond Road woman who suffers from diabetes has been missing for a week -- and her family is alarmed.

Winslow Police Lt. Jeff Fenlason said Debra Seeley was last heard from about 4 p.m. April 15, and nobody has reported seeing her or her vehicle since that day.

Fenlason said the fact that Seeley was driving a car -- a maroon 2005 Pontiac Sunfire with the license plate 1877LI -- complicates the search.

"If there was not a vehicle involved," he said, "we could search the surrounding area using a (dog), but right now we really have no idea where she might be. We are hoping that possibly somebody spotted the vehicle."

Danielle Thibodeau, the fiancee of Seeley's son, Mike Seeley, said family and friends are greatly concerned given Seeley's diabetes and the fact that she left her insulin pump and other diabetic equipment at home.

"The only thing she had with her was her purse," she said. "She forgot her cell phone at home, too."

Seeley is, 4 feet 9 inches tall and weighs about 100 pounds, Fenlason said. He said she has gray hair and blue eyes.

Fenlason said Winslow police notified other law enforcement agencies about the situation six days ago through the National Crime Information Center.

Thibodeau said she and other loved ones of Seeley, including one who is in law enforcement, have conducted their own search for the last week to no avail.

At this point, she said, they have begun to fear the worst.

"My concern," she said, "is maybe she took off and is in a diabetic coma somewhere."

Thibodeau said Seeley had shown no indication that anything in her life was out of order.

"Nothing like this has ever happened to her before," she said. "She's never just up and left."

Colin Hickey -- 861-9205

chickey@centralmaine.com