By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

The woman who reportedly brought Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes together has not been seen in public now for five years, leading many to ask, where she is and what has happened to her, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.

Shelly Miscavige, the wife of Scientology head David Miscavige (Tom's best man in 2006), has been in the wind since 2007, according to a report in The Village Voice.

Shelly introduced Cruise and Holmes, according to Andrew Morton, author of Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography. Morton wrote that following Cruise's split with Vanilla Sky co-star Penelope Cruz, "the lovelorn actor turned to his best friend, Scientology leader David Miscavige, for help in finding a new wife ... he deputized his wife, Shelly, to take over the task."

Shelly, who was a COB Assistant in the church, has not been seen in public since 2007, spurring many theories as to what happened: with some speculating she died from cancer and others saying she's in hiding after breaking off from the controversial movement.

The MailOnline report on one rumor that she was punished by her husband after she was caught filing out job applications, banished to an alleged prison-like encampment at Scientology headquarters Gold Base ex-Scientologists dub "The Hole."