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That's the same response I received two years ago when I submitted Linda Lovell's name, so I'm not sure they tell you if the person's already been excluded. Denise looks like a strong candidate though. Hoping she's the one!

As I entered the NAMUS coordinator's name to submit Linda Lovell for UP7765, her name came up in my email contacts. I had forgotten that I had already submitted Linda's name on 2/10/19, and Jessica Hager acknowledged the submission on 2/11/19. I think someone on this thread said that Linda's not...

I agree that Linda Lovell's nose does look different now that you pointed it out. I've followed her case (and Stephen Packard, her companion) for 5 yrs and when these new DNA images come out for unidentified women in her age range, I always hope it's her. I do know from previous research that...

2999DFCA - Linda Lee Lovell Linda Lee Lovell, 6/10/74 Westport, CA I mentioned Linda previously in this thread, and I still see similarities.

Regarding how often they made contact with home, I believe we only have a brief mention in a 1977 New York Times article that "...Stephen and Linda made their way West and Stephen wrote home about every three days. He was in high spirits; the trip was going well. But after about three weeks, the...

I agree with you, Ozoner. I'd like to believe that there's a match here because I've spent so much time researching all I could find on the Lovell/Packard case, but I just don't see it. According to his mother, Stephen had been in contact with family every few days up until the last call from...

I wouldn't have recognized the man in the second photo as the same (younger) man in the first! California's deadliest beach is in the Bay Area From this article on Ocean Beach, it doesn't sound like the place to take a swim in August, let alone February: "It's just historically been a black...

Linda Lee Lovell – The Charley Project Linda Lee Lovell disappeared in June 1974, possibly from Stinson Beach area or Westport, CA. That's quite far from Oregon, but she and her boyfriend were hitchhiking up the coast, heading toward the World's Fair in Spokane. Linda's far left and far...

The obituary I found was for Dr. Harold J. Kristal, who died in 2005. He was born in 1925 in Joliet, IL, the son of Abraham and Esther Kristal. I don't think we're looking at the same obituary.

Lots of questions with this case. I tried to google the friend, Cary Kristal, with whom Linda supposedly traveled to Mexico. I found an obituary for a Harold Kristal who had a dental practice in Richmond in the late 40's (20 minutes from San Rafael) and a son, Cary, who "preceded him in...

Agawam Police is reporting that "the search for Mr. Farelly has ended" with no additional details. https://www.facebook.com/Agawam-Police-Department-384051511802299/ Based on other sources close to Kyle on Facebook, it is not a positive end to the search, but no official word yet.

You mentioned in a previous post, ohthatkatgirl, that it might be helpful to compile a list of questions about this case in the event a relative or friend of Stephen's or Linda's comes to Websleuths. Great idea! I think clarifying the timing of their departure from NJ and arrival in CA would...

I keep returning to the March 13, 1977 NY Times interview with Anne Locke Packard (https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/13/archives/westchester-weekly-a-grieving-mother-finds-hope-in-art.html) because it seems to contain the most detail about the case, even if the departure date is questionable. I'm...

After reading these articles--and I thank you for finding and sharing them--I can better understand why Stephen's mother was told by the police that Stephen and Linda were presumed murdered.

Thanks for posting this article. It's one I hadn't read before, and I love Anne Packard's work and I tend to read anything I see about her. Wish I could afford one of her paintings! Her daughter Leslie actually does mention Stephen--although not by name--in the response to the "How big is...