Name: Linda Jean Crites
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: November 23, 1983
Location Last Seen: Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
Date of Birth: April 5, 1946
Age: 37 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'1"
Weight: 110 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown hair with a small chunk of gray hair in the front
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
On the night of November 23, 1983 (Thanksgiving Evening) Linda J. Crites was speaking to her oldest son on the Telephone. She was making plans to visit with him and his wife at their home on the following day, Thanksgiving Day at approximately 09:00.
Linda Crites never made it to the Thanksgiving Dinner and has never been seen or heard from since.
She was in the process of getting a divorce from her husband at the time of her disappearance. Although the couple was getting a divorce, they still lived in the same house.
The husband told investigators at the time that around midnight he went into her bedroom to talk about their impending divorce. They argued, he told investigators, then he left and she closed the bedroom door. It was still closed the next morning when he said he left to go to his parents' home in Sedgewickville. Her family eventually came looking for her Thanksgiving day.
Because of family discord at the time, it was a week before anyone actually reported her missing.
Foul play is suspected.
Agency Name: Cape Giradeau County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 573-243-3551
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 201000031
NamUs Case Number: MP4956
NCIC Case Number: M-462701135
NamUs
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Cape Giradeau County Sheriff's Office
Southeast Missourian
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 02-16-2023 - By: kc
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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