OK OK - Linda Sue Davis, 29, Claremore, 7 Jan 1976

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Linda Sue Davis was a 29 year old mother of 3 young children, with light brown wavy hair and green eyes, when she was last seen on January 7th, 1976. On January 6th, Linda delivered her receipts to her boss, she stated she thought someone was following her, but she “lost them”. Linda was last seen on January 7th at 1:30 am, at the Don’s Club in Claremore. She was in the company of an unknown Caucasian male.

Linda was last seen in black pants, unknown color blouse and one brown shoe could be present, due to one shoe being found at the crime seen.

On January 8th, Linda’s 1970 Ford two door car was found abandoned in the 400 block of Northwest 9th St., Northwest Oklahoma City. Witness reporting seeing a man park the car and walk away the day before. In Linda’s car they found her purse, which contained her drivers license, prescription medication, makeup, and various bills. In the trunk of the car receipts where found along with a light colored corduroy coat. This coat had bloodstains and had about 20 stab marks. Human blood was found inside the car, on the fender and in the trunk. One of Linda’s brown shoes was found in a nearby bush a few days later.

Linda was scheduled to testify in an assault case. Linda was a witness to Roland Corky Sanders assault a deputy sheriff with a tire tool in the summer of 1975 according to Linda's sister, Sharon Burk.

One of the speculations was Linda went into Federal Witness Protection, although she left her children behind. Another theory is that Linda was killed because she was about to testify in the assault case. Others think she fell victim to a serial killer who is incarcerated in Illinois for murdering two women.

No one has ever been charged in her disappearance. Claremore Police have put cameras down wells and sent scuba divers into abandoned mines in search for Linda’s body with no luck.

Any information about Linda’s disappearance can be called into the Claremore Police Department at (918)825-3820.

Information Resource(s):

NamUs #MP1733

Linda Sue Davis – The Charley Project

Linda Sue Davis — Oklahoma Cold Cases

 

[Diane Redfern]

Charley Project: There is speculation that Davis went into witness protection or fell victim to a serial killer, but little evidence is available in her disappearance and no one has faced any charges. One suspect in her case is incarcerated for the murders of two other women. Davis's case remains unsolved.
Who are they?
Here there's a list of murderers in Oklahoma, but no one seems to fit.

 

[alb1on]

The suspect referred to in Charley Project is Herman Edward Lamb Jr, who was convicted for the murders of Bonnie Sue Loker in Florida in 1987 and Denise Stahlhut in Illinois in 1977 (but only convicted in 2003 after a DNA match). He lived in Oklahoma at various times and was found not guilty of the murder of his ex-wife and four children in Sallisaw in 1984/5 (the evidence was circumstantial). He certainly fits the profile and Stahlhut also worked in a tavern, but the link is speculative.

 

[Diane Redfern]

The suspect referred to in Charley Project is Herman Edward Lamb Jr, who was convicted for the murders of Bonnie Sue Loker in Florida in 1987 and Denise Stahlhut in Illinois in 1977 (but only convicted in 2003 after a DNA match). He lived in Oklahoma at various times and was found not guilty of the murder of his ex-wife and four children in Sallisaw in 1984/5 (the evidence was circumstantial). He certainly fits the profile and Stahlhut also worked in a tavern, but the link is speculative.

Thank you, alb1on.

 

[Pennysmom1]

2688DFOK - Linda Sue Davis

Missing Person / NamUs #MP1733

View NamUs missing person case MP1733 for Linda Sue Davis missing from Claremore, Oklahoma. Date of last contact: Jan 07, 1976. NCMEC case number: --.

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Linda Sue Davis – The Charley Project

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Davis, circa 1976

• Missing Since 01/07/1976
• Missing From Claremore, Oklahoma
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 10/07/1946 (76)
• Age 29 years old
• Height and Weight 5'6 - 5'7, 150 - 200 pounds
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• Clothing/Jewelry Description Black or dark gray dress pants, a blouse (possibly pink) and brown
• shoes.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Light brown hair, green eyes. Davis has a hysterectomy scar on her abdomen. Her foot and/or toe is fractured from when a horse stepped on it.

Details of Disappearance​

Davis was last seen in Claremore, Oklahoma on January 7, 1976. She worked at the Orbits lounge and delivered the receipts to her boss on January 6. She told her boss she thought someone had been following her, but she had lost them.

Davis was last seen at 1:30 a.m. on January 7, in the company an unknown Caucasian male at Don's Club. She has never been heard from again.

On January 8, her car was found abandoned in the 400 block of northwest 9th Street northwest in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. A witness reported seeing the man park the car and walk away the day before.

Davis's purse, containing her driver's license, prescription medications, makeup and various bills and receipts, was in the trunk, along with her light-colored corduroy coat. The coat was bloodstained and had about twenty stab marks in it, and there were human bloodstains inside in the car, on the fender, and in the trunk. One of Davis's brown shoes was found in a nearby bush a few days later.

Davis is divorced and left behind young children. She was scheduled to testify in an assault case: Roland Corky Sanders was charged with pointing a deadly weapon at an officer in the summer of 1975, and Davis had allegedly witnessed it. After her disappearance, Sanders pleaded guilty and was given a two-year deferred sentence.

There is speculation that Davis went into witness protection or fell victim to a serial killer, but little evidence is available in her disappearance and no one has faced any charges. One suspect in her case is incarcerated for the murders of two other women. Davis's case remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency​

• Claremore Police Department 918-825-3820

Source Information​

• KOTV News on 6
• The Oklahoman
• North American Missing Persons Network
• NamUs
• The Lawton Constitution

Updated 5 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated April 21, 2016; details of disappearance updated.

 

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Mar 14, 2024

Oklahoma’s Cold Case Files: Linda Sue Davis

It’s been nearly 50 years since Linda Sue Davis disappeared from the Orbit Lounge, where she worked in Claremore, according to police.

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"Oklahoma City Police detectives got involved because blood was in the car, and in the trunk they found clothing that they attributed to Miss Davis that was covered in stab wounds and covered in blood,” said Claremore investigator, John Singer.

Police told 2 News that specific blood evidence took the investigation in a whole new direction.

“Enough blood in the trunk where they knew it was awfully serious and likely consistent with a homicide. Her body has never been found and so we have an amount of physical evidence consistent with a homicide, and investigators touched base with everybody that they could associate with Miss Davis but they developed no solid leads,” said Singer.''

'Mar 14, 2024 #coldcase #investigation #unsolved
It’s been nearly 50 years since Linda Sue Davis disappeared from the Orbit Lounge, where she worked in Claremore, according to police.Investigators with the Claremore Police Department said various tips, leads, and suspects have surfaced over the past few decades, but they’ve all been cleared.'