Anna Marie Zirkle, 22, disappeared from her east Columbus home in the winter of 1997. She lived on the 300 block of east Roosevelt Avenue with her two toddler sons, their father Derrin D. Williams, and Williams’s cousin Troy Austin. Williams was in Warren about 170 miles away visiting friends on February 1, 1997, the day Anna was last seen. Austin says Anna gave him money and told him she was tired and wanted a break; he took the children to Warren by Greyhound and delivered them to their father.

No one saw Anna again. A neighbor reported her missing on February 6. Family and friends say she would not have abandoned her children and point out she left behind clothing, identification and an uncashed $388 check. Investigators treated the case as suspicious from the start and believe she was likely murdered. A 2011 tip prompted a two-day search of nine acres of woods in Orwell and Windsor Township using K-9 units and anthropologists, but nothing was found.

What does anyone remember about Anna’s last days in Columbus or about travel between Columbus and Warren around February 1, 1997?