Lori Ann Boffman, 45, of Liberty Township, Ohio, vanished on August 5, 2006, after leaving a family gathering at a local park. The day before she disappeared she had won $1,000 in the Ohio Lottery and was making party plans for her daughter’s return to college. She was last seen at about 6:30 p.m. when she left to drive a friend home. The friend later said Lori was driving erratically and at high speeds and asked to be let out; Lori complied and drove away alone.

The next morning Lori’s blue 1992 Mercury Sable was found running on the lawn of a Youngstown library after a minor single-vehicle incident that reportedly drove the car through a couple of residential yards. The keys were in the ignition, the engine running, the driver’s door open, and eyeglasses and some personal papers were inside. Lori’s purse, medication, and identification were left at home; she was a diabetic who had recently started a new medication and family members say she was still adjusting to it.

Investigators, including the FBI, have continued to work the case, and the family does not believe she would have voluntarily abandoned her children. The circumstances leave room for possibilities from a medical emergency to foul play, but no single explanation has been established. If anyone has information about Lori’s movements on the evening of August 5, 2006, please come forward.