Evelyn Louise Piper, 54 and a Phenix City, Alabama resident, was last seen by family on November 28, 1994, in Columbus, Georgia. On the morning of November 30 she placed a phone call to her daughter saying she was leaving for Jerusalem, Israel, to get married and that she would return within a week. Her daughter did not know of any serious relationship and thought the remark might have been a joke.

About seven days after that phone call Evelyn’s blue 1991 Mitsubishi hatchback, with Alabama plates, was found abandoned in the long-term parking lot at the Columbus municipal airport. The car contained no parking ticket, and airport records show no ticket purchase or evidence that she boarded a flight. No sign of Evelyn was found in or around the vehicle.

At the time she disappeared she was described as having red hair and brown eyes, with a hysterectomy scar on her abdomen and a scar on her right ankle from a previous fracture. She typically carried a black leather hobo-style purse with multicolored patchwork. The case remains open and unresolved.

If anyone knew Evelyn, knew of her plans in late November 1994, or has information about her movements around the Columbus airport, please share what you know.