Vigil Held For Woman Who Mysteriously Disappeared

Friends and family gathered Tuesday night for an emotional vigil for Faith Willison who went missing one year ago after a car crash on East National Road in Springfield.

They said it may be the only way they can keep her memory alive.

"After a period of time, it was like 'Oh, it just can't be. It has to be that something's happened to her," said Cristi Moore, Willison's sister. "She has so much love. ... I just have the sense that's she's here with us."

Willison's friends and family continue to hand out bracelets and magnets to keep Faith in people's minds because they will never be able to forget her.

Moore said, "To go a year without hearing from her is discerning. I do believe she has come into harm's way."

Sheriff Gene Kelly went to the scene of the disappearance. "I got on my bicycle and I rode to this location on East National Road." That's where Willison crashed her car into a tree a year ago. A semi truck driver saw her and turned around, but it was too late. "There was no one in the vehicle. It was empty," Kelly said.

No one has heard from Willison since that day, including her husband and two children who were absent from the vigil.

"I don't know. I don't know why they aren't here," Moore said.

The rest of Willison's family was there. They said it's Faith, the woman and the virtue, that's pulling them through.

"I just know she's in God's hands, and God is taking care of her," Moore said.

As Willison's friends and family lit their candles and prayed for her safety, they hope that somehow she knew. "We light our candles tonight so she sees this light in the darkness and finds her way home."

There is an unspecified reward. Willison is described as a 56-year-old, blonde, 5-foot-2, 125-pound female with blue eyes.

If anyone has any information about the whereabouts of Willison, they are asked to contact the Clark County Sheriff's Office at 937-328-2560 or investigating Sgt. Christopher Clark at 937-521-2077.