Identified! CT - Stonington (Ledyard), WhtFem UP8909, 18-30, JNHS 1917 Class Ring, Lady Clairol hair roller set, May'74 - Linda Sue Childers

[Jerri Blank]

@othram any updates?

 

[Skigirl]

No, I was looking for a source telling whether the rollers were found with the body, or with the clothing of hers that was found with another woman (living).

Basically, she was buried, but some of her possessions were given by one of those responsible to his wife. The police were able to recover those. I was trying to find a source that was clear about where the rollers were - in the grave, or with the other woman.

MOO

If I recall, some of the information about where her belongings were being kept was in the trial transcript, pieces of which I was able to find at one point, maybe embedded in a decision by one of the courts. But sadly, I am not organized enough, and I've switched computers enough times, that I do not have any sort of electronic file of everything I found.

 

[Skigirl]

I tried to see if I could find the source of the information that the clothing and curlers were not found with the bodies and turned up an article I had not seen. It was written at the time the bodies were found and says that they were tied together. There is an accompanying photo of (presumably) the bodies being carried.

I think that since they were killed at DeFreitas' house, and were living elsewhere, their belongings wouldn't have been buried with them (there's an account of DeFreitas' girlfriend leaving the house for a few hours and the scene already having been cleaned up when she got back, and mention of a child's sled used to move the bodies to the burial site).

Possibly, their belongings were cleared out of their apartment by someone associated with the murderers, or possibly they were eventually cleared out by the landlord.

 

[fred&edna]

Hopefully by May 30th of this year, we will know who "Lorraine Stahl" really is

I hope you're right. I hope 2024 will bring answers.

 

[Kamiko123132]

Not sure if this is helpful but i found a Similar not really the same but i found a similar pictures of the ring the desgin looks like it and the numbers but im not sure if those are the same type of rings

 

[othram]

SOLVED: A half-century later, "Lorraine Stahl” is now Identified

 

[branmuffin]

SOLVED: A half-century later, "Lorraine Stahl” is now Identified

Oh my, she had a child.

 

[ifindedout]

Great job, Othram!
Now, maybe the monogram and initials can make sense.

 

[branmuffin]

Can we update the title now as Identified and the name?

 

[SleutherGirl]

Linda Sue Childers. Now I would like an explanation about the ring.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Woman in 50-year-old Ledyard murder case identified

For the past 50 years, one of the two murder victims found shot in the head and buried in a shallow grave off Shewville Road in Ledyard was known only as the “unidentified woman.” That changed earlie...

www.theday.com

 

[fred&edna]

WOW!! Thank you... thank you... thank you @othram !!!!!

She was originally from the city where I live! She actually had ties to Ky.

 

[dotr]

Ledyard skeletal remains found in the 70s identified as Kentucky woman

Skeletal remains found in Ledyard back in the 1970s have been identified as belonging to a woman from Kentucky.

www.wfsb.com

 

[papijoe2002]

WOW!! Thank you... thank you... thank you @othram !!!!!

She was originally from the city where I live! She actually had ties to Ky.

what city?

 

[phantomstrider]

SOLVED: A half-century later, "Lorraine Stahl” is now Identified

Good job again Othram. I was worried this one wouldn’t be solved since at first it didn’t seem like there was any dna available. RIP Linda.

 

[fred&edna]

Still a lot of questions remain BUT the greatest answer we now have!!

 

[fred&edna]

what city?

Louisville

 

[Skigirl]

SOLVED: A half-century later, "Lorraine Stahl” is now Identified

OH MY GOD! THIS IS MY PET CASE! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS FINALLY SOLVED!!!!!!

 

[Skigirl]

I did a little searching on Newspapers.com, and a woman named Linda Childers was a bank teller in Lexington KY in May of 1970 when her bank was robbed. I wonder if it's the same person, and if so, if the robbery had any connection to Carmichael. I'll have to check the dates when he was in and out of jail.

 

[fred&edna]

I'm wondering if Childers was her maiden or married name?

DNA leads to ID of woman found in shallow grave in Ledyard 50 years ago

State police have solved a 50-year-old cold case and identified the remains of a woman found dead in a shallow grave in Ledyard in 1974. DNA led police to her family and police have identified the victim as Linda Sue Childers, of Kentucky. The investigation started on May 30, 1974, when police...

www.nbcconnecticut.com

Police said her family confirmed her whereabouts in the northeast throughout the years before she disappeared.