Police are asking anyone with information on the disappearance of Sandra Crispo to come forward. ▲ Police are asking anyone with information on the disappearance of Sandra Crispo to come forward. ▲

Police chief: "We have nothing."

HANSON — Police Chief Michael Miksch says detectives are "no more along" than they were on day one in the search for Sandra Crispo, who seems to have disappeared without a trace.

Crispo, a 54-year-old grandmother, has not been seen since Aug. 7, leaving her family still begging for information 19 days later. Police have no idea what happened to her.

"We have nothing. We are no more along than we were on day one," Miksch said Monday. "Obviously, someone disappearing is suspicious in and of itself, but there are no signs of foul play, nothing out of the ordinary at her house. We just don't know."

Crispo's daughter, Laina McMahon, reported her mother's disappearance to the police on Aug. 9 after she went to Crispo's house and found it empty with the lights and air conditioning on, the back door unlocked and her dog in the house with no food or water. McMahon says her mother was last seen two days earlier — Wednesday, Aug. 7 — when a family member gave her a ride home from a mechanic's shop at about 5 p.m.

"I knew something was wrong the next day," McMahon said Monday. "I tried to call her three or four times Thursday and she didn't answer, and I got a weird feeling in my stomach. She's never not home and she's definitely never not home when her car is in the shop."

Crispo does not have a cellphone or a computer, her daughter said.

McMahon said her mother watches her sons regularly while she works as a nurse, and that when she pulled up to Crispo's house Friday, she knew something was wrong. Crispo didn't come to the door, McMahon said, and it was when McMahon circled around to the back that she found the door unlocked.

"She didn't have a lot of friends. She hung out with her sister and her cousin and her grandchildren and that was it," Crispo said. "She would never leave her dog like that, and she would never stand me up with my kids. She loved having them."

Police took to Facebook to ask for the public's help on Aug. 10 and have released several photos of Crispo in the hope that someone would remember seeing her. The department posted her photos again on Aug. 15, and on Aug. 17 said that a large number of police personnel would be in the area of Crispo's home as they searched for answers.

On Monday, Miksch said the department has searched areas she could have walked to and do not think she is still in the area.

When asked what she thinks happened, McMahon says she thinks someone in the neighborhood is either responsible, or, at the very least, saw something. She said her mom wasn't on any medications, had no serious medical problems and has no history of not being in contact with her family. Crispo moved to Hanson from the Houghs Neck area of Quincy a few months ago.

"She was happy, she loved her new house, and now 'poof' — she's gone," she said. "I've run through every scenario in my brain and I've been out every day looking. I just really need help. If somebody saw something, please say something to us."

Crispo is described as a 5-foot-9 white woman with blue eyes and brown hair. Police are asking anyone who sees a person matching Crispo's description, or who has any information as to her whereabouts, to contact the Hanson Police Department at 781-293-4625.

Reach Mary Whitfill at mwhitfill@patriotledger.com.