COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Despite ten years having passed since a Columbus woman was last seen, a central Ohio family is not giving up hope in their search for her.

April 10 marks a decade since Jayme Bowen went missing. She was 22 years old at the time.

“She was here and then she’s gone and nothing,” said Sue Samples, Jayme’s aunt. 

Sample said the past ten years feel more like 25 or 30 because the family is always thinking about Jayme.

“She was a social butterfly, she would leave the house and call back in to see if anybody called her before she even got down the front steps, so for her to just vanish and never make contact with nobody, not Jayme,” Sample said.

Jayme was last seen in the Merion Village area around Stewart Avenue and Washington Avenue, not far from Parsons Avenue, according to her family members. 

They said she was planning on walking from one relative’s home to another. She has “George III” tattooed on her neck, according to the attorney general’s missing persons web page. 

“She was like my best friend. She was like my shadow. And I just miss her, bad,” said Nancy Bowen, Jayme’s mother.

Over the years, the family has held balloon releases and other gatherings hoping to keep the community aware of their loved one. 

Despite a decade passing, they want people to continue to keep an eye out.

“If they do know something I would appreciate it if they’d step up, call anonymously, I don’t care what you do just please say something,” Samples said.

Jayme also has two sons. The family hopes after ten long years, someone will help bring them closure.

“I need that because the not knowing literally makes you crazy,” Bowen said. “I do want to keep her memory out there and still keep their eyes open and pay attention. I know it’s been forever but I still feel she’s out there somewhere.”

Anyone with information is asked to call the Columbus Division of Police at 614-645-4545.