Barbara Ann Jenkins was 44 when she vanished from Sumter, South Carolina, after walking her ten-year-old son to the school bus stop about 6:00 a.m. on August 29, 2013. In the year before her disappearance she lost her job, her apartment, and had a truck repossessed; she and her son had been living with her mother. Family members said she became withdrawn and often walked alone; the night before she disappeared she came home late with a swollen lip and told her mother to make sure her son got to school if she wasn’t there.

That morning she lingered in the street after seeing the bus away, appeared confused, then turned back toward home and never arrived. She was last seen wearing a black shirt and black jeans. Searches of nearby woods, aerial scans, and ATV teams turned up no evidence. Reported local sightings and neighbors saying she seemed disoriented were never confirmed, and there has been no activity on her bank account since she vanished. She is officially considered to be in danger and the case remains open.

Does anyone who lived in Sumter in 2013 remember seeing Barbara or have information about that morning?