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I get your point, I just disagree.

Storybrook occupants see and meet fewer townspeople than if it was a normal town

We don't know exactly how memories work in Storybrook, but we do know that for the vast majority of the curse people lived the exact same day over and over. How many people does Gepetto know in SB? How many more would he know if he was an average handyman instead of one who fixes the same thing every single day. Until Emma comes every day is exactly the same as the one before, with the exceptions of the outsiders and Henry. We don't know if townspeople remember the outsiders or when Henry was little, but even if they do they don't have almost 30 years of unique memories--they have months of memories.

Appearance differs between FTL and SB

Someone high profile in FTL could look different in SB, particularly if they were a creature in FTL.

High profile in FTL doesn't necessarily translate to high profile in SB

A King could be a fisherman just as easily as a district attorny. How many people would that fisherman see in cursed SB? Say he doesn't go to the diner or into the main part of town regularly. Maybe he goes to a bait shop or sells his fish or has a neighbor. Say he sees about five people in his cursed life on a daily basis. When the curse breaks the people who had seen him might realize that he's a King, but this would be at the same time that everyone is changing routines and doesn't expect to see the same people they had.

FTL is vast

There isn't just one kingdom in FTL. There are several. And while someone who lives in a Kingdom would in all probably know who rules it and who rules neighboring land they wouldn't necessarily recognize them. Granted family, neighboring rulers, knights, servents -- people who would recognize the kind would probably number in the hundreds, but I can't see that number including every subject.

People are inherently self-centered

When the curse breaks and people remember who they are, they get busy with resuming their own lives--changing occupations, resuming vendettas, looking for old friends or family. They're busy and focused on what matters to them. Everything is changing, and not seeing someone they used to (even someone who was high-profile in FTL) isn't that huge of a deal. Especially if it's someone that they don't particularly want to see now that they know who the person really is. High-profile in FTL doesn't equal well liked.

Sydney Glass was high-profile in SB (not so much in FTL) and when he disappeared no one seemed to notice. Not because people in SB didn't see him regularly, but because they didn't care. He pissed off a lot of people and when he went away they were relieved and didn't question it.

Importance doesn't translate to high-profile. High-profile FTL doesn't translate to high-profile SB. High-profile SB doesn't mean disappearing will be noticed. And that in with appearances changing and I just don't think we can count on the whoever was killed being unimportant.

But we can probably guess that whoever it is doesn't have a very close immediate network. As in doesn't live with family, doesn't go to a job where he sees the same people day after day. Though if their immediate network is for some reasons enemies with the Charmings that doesn't necessarily hold water. If you're enemies with the Charmings or don't trust them then you're much less likely to report a missing person to them.

In my book, the person who is least likely to be noticed as missing is not high-profile in SB, doesn't follow a set routine in SB and doesn't have close friends or family. I think their importance and profile in FTL is really irrelevant to the whole thing. We know is that Cora didn't recognize whoever it was but that's all.