Also, since Linda was only 5'1" then size 8 1/2 shoes found on the UID is pretty big. I know someone who has bigger feet and about 5 feet tall, but that is unusual. I am five feet and I wear a 6 which is about average.
I lived near the St. Joseph area at the time of the abduction. The story never went out of my head. I also remember this other story in Jordan and never put the two together. Back then, nobody really believed that this sort of thing happened. We were asleep in a sense.