Nancy Cobbs was 44 when she was last seen on April 24, 2009, in Cleveland, Ohio. Described as an active mother of three, her life included struggles with addiction and periods of incarceration, yet she remained connected to family and community.

Her remains were among eleven women found at the home of Anthony Sowell in late October 2009 after police executed a warrant tied to a rape investigation. Sowell, a registered sex offender who had served 15 years for an attempted rape and choking in 1989, was arrested and later convicted in 2011 for the murders of all eleven victims, including Nancy Cobbs. He was sentenced to death and remained on death row until his death in 2021.

The case prompted widespread concern about how missing persons reports for vulnerable, often marginalized women were handled, and family members of the victims, including Cobbs’s, said their worries were not always taken seriously. Does anyone who knew Nancy or her routines before April 24, 2009 have information that could add to her story?