Linda Sykes
- Age
- 21
- Gender
- F
- Race
- Black
- Eye color
- unknown
- Hair color
- unknown
#81-0224001Tier-2 extracted
Linda Sykes
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Feb 24, 1981
Recovery location
Hampton, VA
Coordinates
37.0529, -76.3033
Days open
16,538
Victim
ExtractedCase narrative
Source text · highlightedOn February 24, 1981, the victim was found deceased by her mother in an upstairs bathtub in her residence. The victim was a student at Christopher Newport College at the time of her murder. The victim was also struck by a blunt object in another area of her home before being drowned in the bathtub.
Modus operandi
Tier-1 + Tier-2Weaponblunt
Locationresidence
Date1981-02-24
Addressuncertain
Ageuncertain
GenderF
About these fields →qwen3:14b · 6/5/2026
Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 37.0529
- Longitude
- -76.3033
- Precision
- —
- Address
- 43 Franktown Road
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