NY NY - Linda Welshans,35, Buffalo, 9 Mar 1982

[Coffee56]

Missing Person / NamUs #MP52580Linda Christine Welshans, Female, White / Caucasian
Date of Last ContactMarch 9, 1982
Missing FromBuffalo, New York

Case Information



Demographics
Missing Age35 Years
Current Age72 Years
First Name Linda
Middle NameChristine
Last NameWelshans
Nickname/Alias--

SexFemale
Race / EthnicityWhite / Caucasian
Height5' 5" (65 Inches)
Weight135 lbs
Circumstances
Date of Last ContactMarch 9, 1982
NamUs Case CreatedOctober 2, 2018
Last Known Location Map
LocationBuffalo, New York 14226
CountyErie County
Circumstances of DisappearanceLinda was at a restaurant in Buffalo with friends. She left the restaurant and proceeded to walk down Delaware never to be heard from again.
Physical Description
Hair ColorBlond/Strawberry
Head Hair Description--
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description--
Left Eye ColorGreen
Right Eye ColorGreen
Eye Description--
Distinctive Physical Features
No Information Entered

Clothing and Accessories
Item
Description
Clothing
was wearing jeans, a cream colored sweater, a green down vest, and boots.

Missing Person Case

 

[Bit of hope]

Thanks for posting this Coffee56. I kept my breath for a while, seeing the mp missing date and entering date in Namus...every missing case or UID case is horrific, but I was hoping we finally found Ellery Doe...but this couldn't be a match at all.

It's sad there is no picture available. I'm not very good searching through American high school books....maybe someone can dig up a picture of her?

 

[Bit of hope]

Could Welshans be her married name? According to the info she was born approx. in 1947.

 

[Nate_Bro]

If she made her way to the Niagara falls, possibly could fit in with a woman that was found in the Toronto Harbour a month later?
Canada's Missing | Case details

 

[PayrollNerd]

I couldn't get the original NamUs link to work but I found this link. (Edit - couldn’t get that one to work either.)

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[PayrollNerd]

If she made her way to the Niagara falls, possibly could fit in with a woman that was found in the Toronto Harbour a month later?
Canada's Missing | Case details

The clothing doesn't match but that isn’t critical. No note of Linda Welshmen having a scar from her gall bladder being removed.

 

[folieadeuxnola]

Linda Christine Welshans

· No Photo


Last Contact: Tuesday, March 9th, 1982

Missing From: Buffalo, Erie County, New York


Physical Description:
Race: White
Sex: Female
Age: 35 Years Old
DOB:
Height: 5’5” (65”)
Weight: 135 lbs.
Hair: Blond / Strawberry
Eye Color: Green
Clothing: Jeans, cream colored sweater, green down best and boots
Characteristics/Medical/Scars:
Transportation:
Fingerprint Status: Unknown
Dental Status: Unknown
DNA Status: Unknown

Circumstances:
Linda was at a restaurant in Buffalo with friends. She left the restaurant and proceeded to walk down Delaware Avenue never to be heard from again.

Investigating Agencies:
Amherst Police Department
500 John James Audubon Pkwy
Amherst, New York 14228
MP Case # 18-855551
Tele: 716.689.1311
Contact: Herb Leising
Web: http://www.amherst.ny.us/content/departments.php?dept_id=dept_16


Information Sources:
NAMUS
MP Case # 52580: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Case Manager: Lori Bruski
Tele: 817.718.7904
E-Mail: [email protected]

 

[WNYer]

Still nobody able to track down a picture of Linda?

 

[Bit of hope]

Still nobody able to track down a picture of Linda?

It's pretty hard to find somebody with so little info. I searched for a while on My Heritage, but I can't seem to find her documents/the right one. Maybe it's because New York hasn't opened up all their archives? No marriage record, no divorce, no birth record. Maybe she has another maiden-name or the name is spelled differently. Based on what we know she must have been born approx. 1947 (no date, no birthplace, could she have been born in Ireland f.i.?) and is, if still alive, approx. 76 yrs. now.

 

[Bit of hope]

By researching my best guess is that her name is Linda C. Pillard/Welshans and she married John Thomas Welshans, also known by John T. King (deceased) I both can place them in Buffalo and Amherst (investigating PD), Erie New York but didn't find a hard proof; a record that connects them together. But as I said before New York records are hard to access. Maybe someone who is a member of Ancestry can find more there.

There are pictures of Linda C. Pillard, but because I'm not 100% sure I will not post them for now.