Linda Ruth Hutchings
- Age
- 18
- Gender
- F
- Race
- White
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Weight
- 125 lbs
- Hair color
- Brown
- Date of birth
- 11/17/1961
- Date of death
- 09/01/1979
#79-12788-1352Tier-1 extracted
Linda Ruth Hutchings
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Sep 1, 1979
Recovery location
Golden, CO
Coordinates
39.8453, -105.1652
Days open
17,081
Victim
Extracted
Case narrative
Source text · highlightedOn September 1, 1979, a family picking cattails found a body down an embankment, near Indiana and West 82nd Avenue. The body was later identified as Linda Hutchings, a 17-year-old Arvada resident. Linda had been reported missing to the Arvada Police Department on August 15, 1979. She was last seen at a friend's apartment in Lakewood wearing white jeans, a white peasant-style top with embroidery, and tennis shoes. She may have been wearing a red coat. In the early morning hours of August 15 she left a note indicating she was headed home. Friends believed she had intended to hitchhike.
Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to please contact the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
Modus operandi
Tier-1Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 39.8453
- Longitude
- -105.1652
- Precision
- Street
- Address
- near Indiana and West 82nd Avenue(extracted)
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