On December 20, 1992 children who were taking a shortcut in Monroe, Louisiana found a dead body. They had ducked through a chain link fence and found the remains of Linda Ann Wilson. She was less than one hundred yards from her home.
Linda was covered by a pile of clothes. In the St. Mary and Franklin Banner-Tribune of December 29, 1992, Mary Wilson Dennis, Linda’s sister, said about the clothes: “some were her own.”
It is always possible that the rest of the clothes they might have belonged to those responsible for Linda’s death. I hope that the police still have these clothes preserved in evidence so they can be evaluated with modern technology for DNA.
I have not been able to find autopsy results online, but the papers mention a gunshot wound to Linda’s head, she had a broken jaw (no mention as to upper or lower jaw), a dislocated arm (left or right unknown) and it looked like she was beaten.
The papers do not mention the caliber or type of gun that was used nor is there any further information about the trauma that caused people to believe that Linda was beaten. I also did not read that a murder weapon was found.
Linda Ann Wilson (30) had three daughters and had lost a son to drowning.
In the St. Mary and Franklin Banner-Tribune of December 29, 1992, it said that Linda, her sister, and a friend went out on December 18. The sister left around 1am on December 19. Linda and that friend ate breakfast in a restaurant after which they each went their separate way. The sister believes that Linda did come home as “the blue dress and coat she was wearing Friday night were found in her closet.”
So, how long was Linda missing? What was she wearing when she was found? Did anyone hear Linda come back home?
CrimeStoppers for the Northern Delta area do have a cold cases page but at the time of writing, Linda’s case was not mentioned.
Contact Information
If you have any information about this case call CrimeStoppers at 1(318)-388-2274 or submit a tip online. You can also call the Monroe Police Department at 318-329-2600. Monroe Police Department has 27 cold cases dating back from 1972 to 2012 according to this newspaper article.
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In the series “Case of the Month” I highlight old cold cases. These posts are not an in-depth analysis and of course, more information can be found online and in newspaper archives.
We need to get these cases back in the mainstream media, to get people talking again, and if anything, to make sure that we do not forget the victims. Just because their cases are unsolved does not mean that we can forget about them.
With the advances we made in modern forensic sciences, we may have a chance to find clues that previous remained hidden because we did not have the technology. Now that we do, let us review all these old cases once more.
I encourage you to share this post on your own social media platforms. By sharing these posts, the cases reach new networks, new connections, and new online news feeds. One day these updates may pop up in the right person’s news feed. This may be someone who can help advance the case and that is my goal.
Rest in peace, Linda Ann Wilson.