Depressed Woman Disappears Inside Her Own Home, and Nobody Notices for a Year-and-a-Half

Depressed Woman Disappears Inside Her Own Home, and Nobody Notices for a Year-and-a-Half
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A reclusive woman from Florida lost her grip on reality after life dealt her a hard blow. She cut herself off from the world and disappeared from all sight without ever leaving her house.

Kathryn Norris Kunzweiler worked as a contractor for NASA. She was married, she had a social life, and she was cared for. But after she was diagnosed as manic depressive in December of 1990, Kathryn lost both her job and her husband.