Anna Marie Molina disappeared after a night of partying 18 years ago.
She and a friend were bar hopping the night of Aug. 9, 1993, but the women went their separate ways after their last stop, a south-side bar then called Sunny's Pub, at 5442 S. 12th Ave.
Molina, who was wearing a floral-print dress, got a ride home from two men at about 12:30 a.m. Aug. 10, and the trio partied into the morning.
When questioned by investigators, one of the men told Tucson police he had dropped off his buddy at his home before he and Molina went for a drive. Molina, in the meantime, had called her boss at the fast-food restaurant where she worked and said she could not come in that day.
The man told police he had dropped Molina at a convenience store at South Park Avenue and East Ajo way at about 10 that morning.
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Later that day, a woman in Three Points called police to report she had found Molina's purse, which still contained a small amount of cash, on the roadside near West Ajo Way and South Comanche Road about 15 miles west of downtown Tucson.
Molina was 34 when she disappeared. She was described as 5 feet tall and 120 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.
STATUS
The case was last reviewed in 2008. Even though Tucson Police Department investigators have suspects in Molina's disappearance, her case is closed. It is classified as an "unsolved missing-person case," said Sgt. Matt Ronstadt, a police spokesman. He could not release information about the suspects or what led investigators to suspect foul play.
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Anna Marie Molina
