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Linda Ruth Hutchings

Case Details

Case Type: Homicide

Height: 5' 11"

Case Status:

Weight: 125 lbs

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Incident Date: 09/01/1979

Occupation:

Agency: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office

City: Golden

Date of Birth: 11/17/1961

County: Jefferson

Date of Death: 09/01/1979

Agency Case #: 79-12788

Judicial District: 1st Judicial District

Age: 18

Gender: Female

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Race: White

Tribal Affiliation: N/A

Ethnicity: Unknown

NamUs Case #: Unknown

Eye Color: Unknown

NCMEC Case #: Unknown

Hair Color: Brown

About this Case:

On September 1, 1979, a family picking cattails found a body down an embankment, near Indiana and West 82nd Avenue. The body was later identified as Linda Hutchings, a 17-year-old Arvada resident. Linda had been reported missing to the Arvada Police Department on August 15, 1979. She was last seen at a friend's apartment in Lakewood wearing white jeans, a white peasant-style top with embroidery, and tennis shoes. She may have been wearing a red coat. In the early morning hours of August 15 she left a note indicating she was headed home. Friends believed she had intended to hitchhike. Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to please contact the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

If you have any information about this case, please contact:

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office

Golden

Colorado