Linda was tragically murdered in 1972 in her south Minneapolis apartment, at the age of 21.

Linda was very sweet and ran a little more on the wild side than one might surmise. She
was murdered after seeing a movie at the U of M. She enjoyed life, music, was artistic, and loved her parents and her nephew. Linda had been working at a nursing home. Friends described as a trusting person" who "wouldn't believe anyone in the world would harm her. She was found in 'her third-floor room in South Minneapolis.

(Note: during the Memorial Committee's research, they found that her case was listed as inactive pending further leads; i.e., never solved.) Source: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/189868037/