WA WA - Linda Mary Garrison, 19, Sumner, Nov 19, 1968

[Murkywaters]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Linda Mary Garrison was last seen on November 19, 1968 in Sumner, Washington.

 

[Murkywaters]

Demographics
Missing Age: 19 Years
Current Age: 70 Years
First Name: Linda
Middle Name: Mary
Last Name: Garrison
Nickname/Alias--
Sex: Female
Height: 5' 1" (61 Inches)
Weight: 125 lbs
Race / Ethnicity; White / Caucasian

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact: November 19, 1968
NamUs Case Created: November 8, 2020
Last Known Location Map
Location: Sumner, Washington
County: Pierce County
Missing From Tribal Land: No
Primary Residence on Tribal Land--
Circumstances of Disappearance: Linda was last seen on November 19, 1968 in Sumner, Washington.

Physical Description
Hair Color: Blond/Strawberry
Left Eye Color: Blue
Right Eye Color: Blue

Distinctive Physical Features
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Clothing and Accessories
No Information Entered

Transportation
No Information Entered

Investigating Agencies
Sumner Police Department (253) 863-6384
Agency Case Number: 1000448
No Investigator Entered

 

[UncoolNegated]

Okay. Where's the photo with this one? Also, I didn't find any newspaper articles in the database I looked at.

Note, that Ted Bundy was working at a Seattle-area Safeway as of July 26th, 1968 according to the published timeline from the Bundy Multiagency task force. That puts him close to Sumner about four months earlier.

(I know that not every white woman that disappeared during Bundy's lifetime was disappeared by him but his proximity in time and space is still worth noting.)

 

[sydney_M]

Okay. Where's the photo with this one? Also, I didn't find any newspaper articles in the database I looked at.

Note, that Ted Bundy was working at a Seattle-area Safeway as of July 26th, 1968 according to the published timeline from the Bundy Multiagency task force. That puts him close to Sumner about four months earlier.

(I know that not every white woman that disappeared during Bundy's lifetime was disappeared by him but his proximity in time and space is still worth noting.)

i just saw this...... didn't bundys victims all have brown hair though?

 

[Earth]

i just saw this...... didn't bundys victims all have brown hair though?

One of his victims was blonde. I think that he chose women who seemed vulnerable. A lot of serial killers and other criminal types chose those who seem vulnerable.

 

[UncoolNegated]

i just saw this...... didn't bundys victims all have brown hair though?

I don't think so. A lot of the photos are black and white but Janice Ann Ott, for starters, looks blonde in her old photos. Also, Nancy Wilcox and Melissa Smith both look blonde.

 

[MadMcGoo]

I’m trying to find a photo of Linda. So far no luck.

14 Dec 1968, 2 - The News Tribune at Newspapers.com


11 Oct 1968, 48 - The News Tribune at Newspapers.com

 

[MadMcGoo]

I’ll have to do some more searching later, but if anyone would like to help find anything.

I think this is her family. It would have been around the time she Linda born (can’t find a birth record for her). The father was sentenced later that year to 20 years in prison for “indecent liberties” with at least one of his daughters.


An obituary for a brother.

 

[Keiri]

There’s kinda garrisons in Tacoma, but I hAve no way to know if it’s her.

 

[Keiri]

delete please - error on my part

 

[Keiri]

I dont know, Mad McGoo, that article says there were three daughters. The daughters I've found for those parents were Phyllis, Shirley, and Nina.

 

[MadMcGoo]

I dont know, Mad McGoo, that article says there were three daughters. The daughters I've found for those parents were Phyllis, Shirley, and Nina.

Same...but I'm positive there were more shortly after that. Maybe before. I'm just having trouble finding sources to verify that. Nothing listing Linda as a relative...

 

[Keiri]

When did the abuse occur? Not sure when that arrest article is from.

 

[Autumn Aware]

Could she be the Jane Doe found in Carnation (less than an hour away in 1969)? CASE NUMBER - 914UFWA. I know Linda is listed as having strawberry blonde hair but she could've dyed it?

 

[alb1on]

I am not sure that the missing girl belongs to the family listed in #8 above. The family is shown in the 1950 US census and includes a daughter Linda, yet to reach her first birthday. But she is listed as Linda Louise Garrison and there are other records on Ancestry for what may be the same Linda Louise, confirming the second name. This means that either Linda Mary is from a different family or the missing information has her second name wrong. I do not know which it is.

 

[HopeRains]

Sumner, WA

 

[Richard]

 

[FlyOfDragons]

The last time I checked Linda's NamUs page (on 10/30/2024) her current age was 74yo, and when I checked it again today her current age was 75yo. Furthermore, the clipping from the 10/11/68 copy of the Tacoma News Tribune listed her age as 18, while we know she went missing at the age of 19 on 11/19/68. So that puts Linda's birthday at sometime between October 31, 1949 and November 19, 1949 (inclusive)
For anyone still interested in trying to do Linda's ancestry or find anything else about her online ^^^

 

[Otterly]

Linda was added to Doe Network yesterday. It lists her date of birth as "circa 1949".

"Circumstances of Disappearance​

Linda left home after a horse ride on November 19, 1968."

5078DFWA - Linda Mary Garrison​

 

[FlyOfDragons]

Linda was added to Doe Network yesterday. It lists her date of birth as "circa 1949".

"Circumstances of Disappearance​

Linda left home after a horse ride on November 19, 1968."

5078DFWA - Linda Mary Garrison​

Oh right, that was me! Recently I've been working on submitting cases to be added to the Doe Network, though because it takes a few days at least I tend to forget to check. I included my entire explanation of Linda's possible birth date that I made in the comment above (aka here) in the form; I guess they just summed it up as "circa 1949" lol