Ann Marie Shaw, 27, was last seen at her Manassas, Virginia home on December 3, 1995, leaving behind two young children and a string of unanswered questions. Her former boyfriend and the children’s father, Walter Thomas Godbey, initially told family she had traveled to the Philippines; that claim collapsed when Shaw’s sister said their mother had died years earlier and that Shaw did not have a passport.

In November 2001, after Godbey’s arrest in an unrelated murder, investigators found Shaw’s birth certificate, Social Security card, and driver’s license hidden in his home. Godbey’s then-wife, Carla, told police he had confessed to killing Shaw, shown her a body, and said the victim had been dismembered with a torso buried in a Fairfax park. Searches turned up no remains.

Godbey was indicted for Shaw’s murder in November 2009 and in June 2010 pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, saying Shaw died when a gun discharged during an argument; he received an additional 10-year sentence. Shaw’s body has never been recovered.

If anyone knew Ann Marie’s movements in December 1995 or has information about the area in Fairfax mentioned, please come forward.