Finding Tracy Hill | Columbiana County, Ohio

Crime Salad

BLACKCAT | Realm

True Crime

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In 2001, Tracy Hill was 24 years old, a college student, and separated from her husband. She was trying to build a future for herself when, suddenly, she went missing. What followed was a desperate search, suspicions of foul play, and a case that—after more than two decades—remains unsolved.

Even with all the years that have passed, Tracy’s case is still open. Foul play is suspected, but without Tracy, there’s no way to bring justice to those responsible.

The Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office continues to ask for the public’s help. If you know anything about the disappearance of Tracy Hill, no matter how small, you’re urged to call their office at 330-424-7255.

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Keywords: Tracy Hill, Guilford Lake, Columbiana County, Ohio missing persons, Kent State student disappearance, North Lima Ohio, Ohio cold cases.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to crime salad. I'm Ashley.
0:12.2	And I'm Ricky.
0:13.2	If this is your first time listening, be sure to follow us so you never miss an update.
0:18.0	So this week, we are going back 24 years ago to 2001 in Columbia and a county, Ohio,
0:23.9	quiet, windy roads, small towns where people recognize one another. And it's the kind of place
0:29.5	where a disappearance, it doesn't just make the news, it shakes the community. And in this case,
0:35.5	a young woman seemed to vanish without a trace.
0:38.5	What makes this woman's story even more haunting is how quickly it unraveled.
0:43.3	She was only 24 years old, a college student, and separated from her husband.
0:48.4	She was trying to build a future for herself when she suddenly went missing.
0:52.9	And what followed was a desperate search,
0:55.7	suspicions of foul play, in a case that after two decades remains unsolved. Most of the
1:02.2	original websites dedicated to this woman's disappearance are long gone. Message boards have been
1:07.6	deleted, news links have gone inactive, and accounts have been disabled,
1:12.6	leaving her story basically buried in the past. But we've scraped through what remains,
1:18.2	archive news reports, community forums, anonymous comments, anything that might help piece
1:23.7	together what happened to her. So in this episode, we'll walk you through every
1:28.2	detail we could uncover, from the last time she was seen, to the troubling history with her
1:33.2	estranged husband, to the rumors that surfaced years later. This is the case of Tracy Marie
1:39.6	Evans Hill, who deserves to be remembered, and her case deserves answers.
1:48.7	Tracy Marie Evans was born on December 29, 1979, and grew up in Holmes County, Ohio.
1:56.2	She graduated from Warrondell High School, and by 2001, was building a life of her own. At just 24 years old, she was balancing work at a machine shop while studying at Kent State University's Salem campus. Her field of study remains unspecified in the available sources, so we're not exactly sure what she was studying. Tracy's family and friends described her as warm
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