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Linda Sue Childers was an American woman originally from Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Here are 13 more things about her:
- Her boyfriend Gustavous Lee Carmichael was a convicted serial bank robber who escaped from federal custody.
- She and Carmichael used the aliases Lorraine Stahl and Dirk Stahl, respectively.
- She has a daughter and a sister.
- She was 5’2″ tall.
- She owned a school ring with the letters J.H.S.N. monogrammed and the initials I.L.N. and the date 1917 engraved inside.
- She drove a green 1964 Oldsmobile with either Massachusetts, USA or Maine, USA license plates that were found dumped in Hartford, Connecticut.
- On September 4, 1970, she turned 24.
- On December 31, 1970, she and Carmichael were fatally shot by Richard DeFreitas and Donald Brant.
- On May 30, 1974, the Connecticut State Police recovered her and Carmichael’s remains from a wooded area in Ledyard, Connecticut. Investigators were able to identify him but not her.
- In July 2011, her case was entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System but her identity still remained a mystery.
- In July 2022, the chief medical examiner of Connecticut reopened her case and submitted forensic evidence to Otham‘s laboratory in The Woodlands, Texas, USA. A comprehensive deoxyribonucleic profile was built for her.
- In January 2024, DNA test results helped find a connection with her sister.
- In February 2024, investigators confirmed her identity after her daughter provided a DNA sample.
