Aug 26 2019
N.S. family still searching for answers 40 years after woman's disappearance
"The family of Lynn Oliver has spent four decades trying to find out what happened to the 22-year-old New Glasgow woman, who was a sister, daughter and mother. On Sunday, they continued to express their emotional plea for closure in one of the first cases to ever be included in Nova Scotia’s list of major unsolved crimes.
Oliver was last seen leaving work at Quality Cleaner’s Ltd. in 1979 to walk to her parents’ house, but she never arrived. With her disappearance still a mystery, her sister, Judy Andrews, who was 20 years old at the time, recalls her sibling.
“She was just a good sister, we were real good friends,” says Andrews. “We, as a family, looked for her constantly; months and months and months. We looked for her everywhere – every time there was a story.”
Lynn Oliver disappeared in New Glasgow, N.S., in August 1979. The case has never been solved.
On Sunday, community members gathered to walk the same path Lynn Oliver would have taken home.
For her infant son, Jeff Oliver, who’s now 41 years old, it's meant a shattered life. Raised by his maternal grandparents, he doesn't remember his mother, but knows the details of her disappearance by heart.
“She left a note with a co-worker when she left for lunch, and basically it said ‘if I don't return, call my mother right away,’” says Oliver. “She didn't return, and never seen her again.”
Those familiar with the case say Oliver was in an abusive relationship at the time. However, an arrest has never been made, and there has been no sign of Oliver or remains found since she vanished.
Her disappearance is Pictou County's oldest cold case – which friends, family and supporters want to see closed"
N.S. family still searching for answers 40 years after woman's disappearance
"The family of Lynn Oliver has spent four decades trying to find out what happened to the 22-year-old New Glasgow woman, who was a sister, daughter and mother. On Sunday, they continued to express their emotional plea for closure in one of the first cases to ever be included in Nova Scotia’s list of major unsolved crimes.
Oliver was last seen leaving work at Quality Cleaner’s Ltd. in 1979 to walk to her parents’ house, but she never arrived. With her disappearance still a mystery, her sister, Judy Andrews, who was 20 years old at the time, recalls her sibling.
“She was just a good sister, we were real good friends,” says Andrews. “We, as a family, looked for her constantly; months and months and months. We looked for her everywhere – every time there was a story.”
Lynn Oliver disappeared in New Glasgow, N.S., in August 1979. The case has never been solved.
On Sunday, community members gathered to walk the same path Lynn Oliver would have taken home.
For her infant son, Jeff Oliver, who’s now 41 years old, it's meant a shattered life. Raised by his maternal grandparents, he doesn't remember his mother, but knows the details of her disappearance by heart.
“She left a note with a co-worker when she left for lunch, and basically it said ‘if I don't return, call my mother right away,’” says Oliver. “She didn't return, and never seen her again.”
Those familiar with the case say Oliver was in an abusive relationship at the time. However, an arrest has never been made, and there has been no sign of Oliver or remains found since she vanished.
Her disappearance is Pictou County's oldest cold case – which friends, family and supporters want to see closed"
