Elsie Noble was a 71-year-old woman from Columbus, Ohio, who was shot to death during an attempted purse robbery on Beaumont Road in Franklin County on November 20, 2001. The assailant fled the scene after firing a shot that struck her in the chest; investigators had no immediate leads and no arrest has been announced.

Her case appears in the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s database of unsolved homicides and remains open with the Columbus Police Department and state investigative resources seeking public help. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has promoted awareness of unsolved killings, including Noble’s, to encourage tips.

If anyone has information about what happened on Beaumont Road that night or knows anything that could identify the person who fled, please contact the Columbus Police Department.