Former child star Daveigh Chase had reportedly vanished from the lives of those who loved and worked with her for nearly a decade before her shocking death at just 35.

Chase, best known as the voice of Lilo in Disney’s beloved 2002 hit Lilo & Stitch and as the terrifying Samara Morgan in The Ring, died this week after battling meningitis and a blood infection that reportedly led to septic complications.

Her boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, announced her death Tuesday. Her father, John David Schwallier, later confirmed the heartbreaking news and revealed a devastating detail about her final days.

According to Schwallier, Chase had been homeless and living in Los Angeles with her boyfriend near the hospital where she died.

“Him and her were destitute,” he told The New York Times.

Now, John Ryan Jr., a Hollywood producer and Chase’s former manager, is speaking out about what he says was a years-long mystery surrounding the actress.

Ryan told Entertainment Weekly that he last saw Chase in November 2015. Not long after, he said, she failed to show up for a meeting with filmmaker Rob Reiner — and that is when alarm bells started going off.

“At first, I thought she was kidnapped or something, and then we started putting two and two together,” Ryan said.

The producer said he had helped Chase enter rehab “a couple” of times in the past, though he claimed he and her friends were not overly worried about her sobriety at first.

A missing persons report was never filed, Ryan said, because Chase had left voluntarily. Over the years, he would occasionally see her name surface in troubling headlines, including her 2017 arrest for allegedly riding in a stolen car.

But around five years ago, Ryan said, the reports about Chase’s condition became more disturbing.

Then, about six months ago, someone allegedly sent him video of Chase in Skid Row, the Los Angeles neighborhood known for its large homeless population.

“I ran down there, and by the time I went down there, she had already left,” he said. “We’ve been looking for her ever since. We’ve had private eyes on it.”

Ryan said he had even begun working on a documentary about the search for Chase, tentatively titled Finding Lilo, when he learned she had died.

The former manager said he struggled with whether to go public about her disappearance.

“I didn’t think it’s my story to tell,” he said. “I didn’t want to put my little sister on blast. We had hopes she’d come back, and everyone would’ve just assumed she’s been retired these last 10 years.”

But after seeing how badly she appeared to be struggling, Ryan said he changed his mind.

“Once I got video of her, and how bad she looked, I said, ‘We need to bring the public in on this. I don’t want to protect the brand anymore. I want to protect the girl.’”

Chase’s death has stunned fans who remember her as one of the most recognizable young stars of the early 2000s.

In the same year, she gave life to one of Disney’s most beloved animated characters and haunted moviegoers as one of horror’s creepiest villains.

More than two decades later, those roles remain unforgettable.

But behind the scenes, according to those closest to her, Chase’s final years were marked by heartbreak, distance and a desperate search that ended in tragedy.