KY KY - Linda Susan Pierson, 18, Dayton, 17 November 1966

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Kentucky State Police Need Information on the case on Murder of Linda Susan Pierson – Occurred on 11/17/1966

Offense Location

Ohio River bank 40 feet North of the Intersection of Jackson and Front Streets Dayton, Campbell County, KY.

Victim Information

Linda Susan Pierson, W/F, 18, Dayton, KY.

Synopsis

The victim was discovered clothed in only her bra covered by a coat on the south bank of the Ohio River. The cause of death was suffocation due to strangulation from a wire or cord. The location was determined to be a dumpsite for the body and a location of the murder was never determined. Several suspects were identified but no arrests were ever made.

Investigating Officer Contact Information

KENTUCKY STATE POLICE
POST 6 – DRY RIDGE

OFFICER: Sgt. Gerald Fieger

PHONE: (859) 428-1212
E-MAIL: [email protected]

COLD CASE ON THE MURDER OF LINDA SUSAN PIERSON – kentuckystatepolice.org

Kentucky State Police: Cold Case on the Murder of Linda Susan Pierson

 

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Detectives looking for new leads in NKY cold case dating back to 1966

Nov. 17, 2020 marks 54 years since Linda Pierson was attacked and killed not far from her home in Dayton.

The 18-year-old reportedly left her house around 7 p.m. that day. Hours later, she was found dead.

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Evidence indicated that Pierson had been raped and strangled somewhere else before she was dumped, nearly naked, by the Ohio River.

“She had been murdered by some type of string instrument, whether that be rubber bands, something of that nature," Elliott said.

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News reports from the ’60′s said several young men were seen with Pierson that night and that some of them took lie detector tests. However, to this day, no one has been arrested for the murder.

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Detectives believe there are people out there who have information that they have not reported. They say one witness coming forward could help them crack the case.

 

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Video report from 2013:

 

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Nov. 21 2020
CRIME HUNTER: When the guillotine's final blade fell | Toronto Sun

Detectives remain hopeful they can close the 1966 murder of Linda Pierson. Photo by HANDOUT /KENTUCKY STATE POLICE

''KENTUCKY COPS HOPE TO CRACK 1974 COLD CASE

Friends and family said Linda Pierson was a happy girl.

But on Nov. 17, 1966, the 18-year-old left her Dayton, Kentucky home around 7 p.m. and was never again seen alive except for driving off in a ’57 Chevy. Hours later, searchers found her body. She had been raped, strangled and left for dead on the banks of the Ohio River.

“Her family said she was very bubbly and just an outgoing person,” Kentucky State Police Trooper Cory Elliott said.

Cops believed Linda had been raped and murdered elsewhere before her body was dumped.

“She had been murdered by some type of string instrument, whether that be rubber bands, something of that nature,” Elliott said. “A lot of times there’s a pattern in these types of cases. It is usually someone who knows the person.”

 

[Richard]

Linda Susan Pierson, 18 years old, murdered 17 November 1966

 

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Bumping

 

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If there is something remaining from the case that has DNA evidence, the case is probably solvable!