IA IA - Lynn Louise Schuller, 26, Cedar Rapids, 6 Aug 1972

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Case File 2779DFIA

Lynn Louise Schuller
Missing since August 6, 1972 from Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Classification: Endangered Missing



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Vital Statistics

Age at Time of Disappearance: 26 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'5"; 120 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Red/strawberry blonde hair; brown eyes. She wore brown, horned-rimmed glasses.
Clothing: Believed to have been wearing green shorts, a green striped top and white tennis shoes.
AKA: Lynn Louise Tickner


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Circumstances of Disappearance
Lynn Schuller was last seen on August 6, 1972. Keith Schuller claimed his wife was sleeping when he last saw her. Her husband and their 3-year-old son left their home around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 6, 1972, while Lynn was still sleeping. When they returned about five hours later, Lynn and her bicycle were gone. The husband then took the boy swimming at Bever Park, after leaving a note for Lynn. About an hour later, they returned home.

Lynn Schuller's bicycle was there but she was missing. The house was undisturbed. All of her belongings, including her purse, were still there. The only items missing were the clothes she was wearing.
Sometime that day, the husband called Lynn's parents and others to say she was missing. A few searches of the area turned up nothing.
The next afternoon, about 24 hours after the husband said he first realized something was wrong, he called the Sheriff's Department to report Lynn as missing. A more extensive search was conducted with the help of dozens of volunteers. Detectives obtained a search warrant and seized several items from the house.
On March 20, 1978, Lynn Schullerwas declared legally dead. She has never been located. Foul play is suspected.



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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Linn County Sheriff's Department
319-892-6100

Source Information:
The Gazette (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City)

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/schuller_lynn.html

Lynn has been missing 38 years today. Come home soon.

The 40th anniversary of Lynn's disappearance is approaching.

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Lynn Louise Schuller
Missing since August 6, 1972 from Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics


Age at Time of Disappearance: 26 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'5"; 120 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Red/strawberry blonde hair; brown eyes. She wore brown, horned-rimmed glasses.
Clothing: Believed to have been wearing green shorts, a green striped top and white tennis shoes.
AKA: Lynn Louise Tickner

Circumstances of Disappearance

Lynn Schuller was last seen on August 6, 1972. Keith Schuller claimed his wife was sleeping when he last saw her. Her husband and their 3-year-old son left their home around 07:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 6, 1972, while Lynn was still sleeping. When they returned about five hours later, Lynn and her bicycle were gone. The husband then took the boy swimming at Bever Park, after leaving a note for Lynn. About an hour later, they returned home.

Lynn Schuller's bicycle was there but she was missing. The house was undisturbed. All of her belongings, including her purse, were still there. The only items missing were the clothes she was wearing. Sometime that day, the husband called Lynn's parents and others to say she was missing. A few searches of the area turned up nothing.

The next afternoon, about 24 hours after the husband said he first realized something was wrong, he called the Sheriff's Department to report Lynn as missing. A more extensive search was conducted with the help of dozens of volunteers. Detectives obtained a search warrant and seized several items from the house.

On March 20, 1978, Lynn Schuller was declared legally dead. She has never been located. Foul play is suspected.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Linn County Sheriff's Department
319-892-6100

Source Information:

The Gazette (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City)
The Doe Network: Case File 2779DFIA

LINK:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2779dfia.html

Questions:

1.) Is it known where Lynn's husband took their son, before going swimming? (When they left, when Lynne was still sleeping?)

2.) Was Keith ever considered a suspect in his wife's disappearance? Did he take a polygraph? Results?

3.) What was the status of the couple's marriage at the time that Lynne disappeared? Financial situation of the family? any personality conflicts in the family? Did neighbors and friends suspect anything?

Satch

PS. WOW!!!! Check out Charley Project everyone! It answers (or at least, goes into more detail about Lynne's case.) I did not see the Charley Project account of the case when I had posted these questions. I have often wondered why almost always, Charlie Project has more details about cases than Doe Network:

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/schuller_lynn.html

Another good article about the Schuller case:

http://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/lynn-schuller/

It sure sounds like the husband is involved. Either directly or at least indirectly.

Satch

The link above has so many comments; who knows the validity to them but I just wanted to point it out.

sounds like hubby did it but LE cant prove it. i wonder why she refused to divorce him? if only then she would still be alive.

Lynn Louise Schuller
Missing since August 6, 1972 from Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics

• • Date of Birth: 26 years old
  • Age at Time of Disappearance: 26 years old
  • Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'5"; 120 lbs.
  • Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Red/strawberry blonde hair; brown eyes. She wore brown, horned-rimmed glasses.
  • Clothing: Believed to have been wearing green shorts, a green striped top and white tennis shoes.
  • AKA: Lynn Louise Tickner

Circumstances of Disappearance
Lynn Schuller was last seen on August 6, 1972. Keith Schuller claimed his wife was sleeping when he last saw her. Her husband and their 3-year-old son left their home around 07:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 6, 1972, while Lynn was still sleeping. When they returned about five hours later, Lynn and her bicycle were gone. The husband then took the boy swimming at Bever Park, after leaving a note for Lynn. About an hour later, they returned home.

Lynn Schuller's bicycle was there but she was missing. The house was undisturbed. All of her belongings, including her purse, were still there. The only items missing were the clothes she was wearing.

Sometime that day, the husband called Lynn's parents and others to say she was missing. A few searches of the area turned up nothing.
The next afternoon, about 24 hours after the husband said he first realized something was wrong, he called the Sheriff's Department to report Lynn as missing. A more extensive search was conducted with the help of dozens of volunteers. Detectives obtained a search warrant and seized several items from the house.

On March 20, 1978, Lynn Schuller was declared legally dead. She has never been located. Foul play is suspected.

LINK:

The Doe Network: Case File 2779DFIA

Bumping for Lynn as we approach the 48th anniversary of her disappearance.

I know in the past this wasn't a big deal, but anyway I find this very creepy:
"Barely a teen, the 13-year-old Lynn met 19-year-old Keith Raymond Schuller while the two families were vacationing in northern Minnesota, and began a relationship that culminated in their marriage on September 18, 1965 when Lynn was 18 and Keith, 24."
I would like to know when was the last sighting of her (aside her husband's version).
Why do we have to believe she disappeared that day? He worked as a Science teacher and a coroner after her disappearance, so he had deep scientific knowledge. If she was killed before the supposed vanishing, his pets (the two snakes and the 6-foot alligator) may have eaten her body... The police said they were to small to eat a whole human body, but if they had time to eat it...
This is awful, I know, I'm sorry...