OH Anna Marie Zirkle 22, missing from Columbus, Ohio 1997

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Missing Person Case
Anna Marie Zirkle – The Charley Project

  • Missing Since02/01/1997
  • Missing FromColumbus, Ohio
  • ClassificationEndangered Missing
  • Date of Birth05/07/1974 (44)
  • Age22 years old
  • Height and Weight5'5, 135 pounds
  • Distinguishing CharacteristicsAfrican-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Zirkle's ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance
Zirkle was last seen walking away from her home in the 300 block of east Roosevelt Avenue on the east side of Columbus, Ohio on February 1, 1997. She has never been heard from again.

She lived with her two toddler sons, their father, Derrin D. Williams, and his cousin, Troy Austin, at the time. Williams was visiting friends in Warren, Ohio that day; he, Zirkle and the children had lived there before moving to Columbus. The two cities are about 170 miles apart.

According Austin, Zirkle said she was tired of everything and wanted to get away. She gave him money to buy Greyhound bus tickets so he could send the children to Warren to be with their father. Austin escorted the children to Warren and they arrived there safely. Zirkle has never been heard from again. A neighbor reported her missing on February 6.

Zirkle grew up in Ashtabula County, Ohio. Her father died when she was young, and she was in foster care for an extended time period before she was adopted by a family in Saybrook Township, Ohio. She came to Warren and moved in with Williams after she graduated high school. Her loved ones don't believe she would have abandoned her children, and she left behind her clothing, identification and an uncashed check for $388.

Foul play is suspected in her case; authorities believe she was murdered and that her remains may be in Windsor Township, Ohio. Police searched a nine-acre wooded area in the 4500 block of on Old Plank Road in 2011, but the search turned up no evidence. Zirkle's case remains unsolved.


Anna is listed as African-American, but I think she's mixed race.


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There was a search in 2011, Searching for truth
Here is a quote "Responders included agents of Columbus Police Department; U.S. Marshals Service; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Geauga County Sheriff’s Department; and the Windsor Fire Department, which brought police dogs to the search."
It sounds like they received a really believable tip.
 
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Bumping for Anna, now missing 23 years...
 
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Anna's NamUs profile was modified today., 1/25/23
She currently has 16 rule outs
UP74
07/22/2005
Jefferson
KY
UP11395

01/07/1997
Calcasieu
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UP1776

01/20/1997
Hudson
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08/16/1997
Page
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UP789
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Sussex
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UP8419
01/16/2001
Isle of Wight
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UP12692
04/07/2014
Cuyahoga
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UP2005
09/23/1998
Cuyahoga
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UP12683
06/06/2014
Newport News
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UP960
09/10/2004
Norfolk
VA

UP788
01/21/2002
Petersburg
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UP6665
05/14/2007
Petersburg
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UP6666
11/16/2007
Dinwiddie
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UP8572
06/29/2001
King and Queen
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UP5206
05/13/1997
Will
IL

UP6247
07/01/1998
Pittsylvania
VA
 
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Bumping
 
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July 20, 2011

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