After She Vanished In 2018, Her Then-Boyfriend Was Found Guilty Of Assault And Stalking, But She Still Remains Missing

Facebook - pictured above is Ebony
Facebook - pictured above is Ebony

In 2018, 27-year-old Ebony Giddens, a mother of three boys from Columbus, Georgia, lived in an apartment located on Montclair Drive.

“As a mom, she would do anything for her boys. Anything they wanted, anything she could try to get, she would get for them. She was doing the best she could,” said Ebony’s cousin, Ashley Jones.

Yet, in March of that year, she mysteriously disappeared, and her family has been left searching for answers ever since.

Ebony last saw her family at a weekend barbecue just two days before she vanished. That Saturday night, she and her loved ones enjoyed their cookout and played cards together. Ebony especially loved games like deuces, spades, and dominoes.

But then, the following Monday, March 12, 2018, everything changed. That morning, Ebony’s brother, Alvin Giddens, arrived at her home to pick up her children and bring them to school – which was their typical routine.

However, that morning, Ebony did not answer the door. Alvin also tried calling and texting his sister, and all of his calls went straight to voicemail.

Eventually, someone did finally open the door, but it wasn’t Ebony. Rather, it was one of her sons, who was just 5-years-old.

“One of the kids answered the door and said she’s not here. He’s like, she’s not here, what’s going on? At that point, we knew something wasn’t right because she would never leave her kids by themselves,” recalled Ashley.

Alvin ended up entering his sister’s apartment and found her purse left behind in the living room. Additionally, her keys and wallet were still inside her home, but Ebony, as well as her cell phone, were nowhere to be found.

Facebook – pictured above is Ebony

This pushed Ebony’s family to contact the Columbus Police Department and report her missing.

Once an investigation was launched, it was found that Ebony hadn’t shared her relationship troubles with her family.

“Most things she would keep to herself because she would know how my family would react to them,” Ashley explained.

Leading up to her disappearance, Ebony was dating a man named Malcolm, who was reportedly abusive. Only one day before she went missing, she actually contacted the police after Malcolm threatened her with a gun during an argument.

At the time, authorities reportedly arrested Malcolm, and Ebony filed a restraining order against him. However, he still returned home the same day after getting bailed out and kept repeatedly calling Ebony, which was a violation of the restraining order.

So, after Ebony disappeared, her loved ones learned more about what happened in Ebony’s relationship.

“He was abusing her. He would leave her in the middle of the street somewhere, and she would have to try to get home by herself,” stated Ebony’s aunt, Patricia Giddens.

During the investigation into her disappearance, various search efforts involving police, family members, and friends were conducted in the Columbus area. Search teams scoured the neighborhood, the wooded region near her apartment, and other nearby towns, where Malcolm had reportedly left her during past arguments.

Malcolm was not in jail when Ebony vanished. But the day after she went missing, he was arrested on charges of aggravated stalking and violation of probation.

Then, one year later, Malcolm was ultimately found guilty of assault, stalking Ebony, and possessing a firearm. He received a 35-year prison sentence for those charges, but he was never charged in relation to Ebony’s disappearance.

And while investigators have stated that Malcolm was a person of interest in her case, he was never officially named a suspect.

Ebony has now been missing for over six years, and while Patricia claimed her family still hopes to locate her alive, they just need some form of closure, even if that means finding Ebony’s remains.

“We just keep praying and hoping. We mainly want closure to give the kids some closure on what happened to her. These kids, they’re constantly going and knowing that they had a mother and one day, they didn’t have her. But we don’t know what happened,” Patricia said.

Ebony was five foot nine, weighed 110 pounds, and had black hair and brown eyes.

If you have any information regarding her case, you are urged to contact the Columbus Police Department at (706) 653-3205.

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Katharina Buczek graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Digital Arts. Specializing ... More about Katharina Buczek

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