Greensboro family holds memorial, seeks answers in Larry Burton disappearance

A Greensboro family held a memorial for Larry Burton while pressing for answers about how the 74-year-old man with dementia disappeared from an unlicensed elder care home on Moody Street. Burton was last seen around July 2, 2025, and reported missing July 3 from HMF Family Home Care, which WXII also identified as L&L Family Care Home.

The case turned quickly from a missing-person search into an oversight failure. FOX8 identified the home at 1215 Moody St. in Greensboro and reported that police obtained arrest warrants for Hazel Mae Forman, 50, on a misdemeanor charge for not having a license to run the facility. Forman was given a $10,000 bond. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services later confirmed the Greensboro facility was unlicensed.

That unlicensed status became more troubling as the case unfolded. WXII reported the home still had residents inside as of July 25, even after Burton’s disappearance, and later reported that L&L Family Care Home was shut down weeks afterward. In Guilford County court, the woman who ran the elder care facility later pleaded guilty, while Burton’s relatives kept asking how he could vanish from a home that was supposed to supervise a vulnerable adult.

The memorial in Greensboro was as much about accountability as remembrance. Burton’s family said they wanted more than grief and photographs. They wanted to know who was responsible for his care, how an unlicensed home became part of his final chapter, and why stronger safeguards did not stop the situation sooner.

Families trying to avoid the same trap can start with the state’s Adult Care Licensure Section. Check the exact business name and street address against the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services facility listings, then review the state’s inspections, ratings and penalties records before placing anyone in care. A home that cannot show a current license, uses a different name than the one on state records, or refuses to answer basic questions about supervision, staffing, and emergency contacts should be treated as a warning sign. In Guilford County, suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation can also be reported through county social services, which is another layer of protection when something does not look right.