island s charm. but cher s friends and family said it wouldn t be like her to leave so abruptly. leave her cherished island with all of her belongings still here. reporter: cher s aunt mary started phoning cher s friends in panama. we immediately started calling her friends and everyone going, what s going on? and everyone was saying you know cher. she might ve just gone for a week. and you know, lost her phone, and we re like, well, ok, maybe. reporter: mary logged on to cher s facebook page and reached out to those friends. where s cher? and they re going, i don t know. but we re mad at her, too. doggone it, we she she always calls me. she calls me every day. what where did she go? how why would she not call me? and we got a little aggravated with her. like, dang it cher, what are you doing? reporter: and then some good news. cher s friends received a text message from her saying she d gone sailing. she s a free spirit, right? she s oh. adventuro