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At 7:15 AM on September 11, 1997, officers with the Amarillo Police Department were dispatched to the 3100 block of north Wilson Street in response to a call for a dead body in the roadway.
Upon arrival, officers found the body of 35-year-old Linda Gayle Jackson lying facedown in the street. Jackson's cause of death was determined to be caused by a vehicle striking her. Further evidence at the scene showed that Jackson had been assaulted inside a vehicle prior to her death, and the case was ruled a homicide.
There is an unproven connection between Jackson's murder, the unsolved murder of Gloria Ann Covington (not featured in this list due to no available photograph) and the well-known disappearance of Dorien Thomas, who vanished in October 1997.
From the charleyproject.org,
"Dorien was one of the children who discovered the body of Gloria Ann Covington in August of 1997, more than one year prior to his disappearance. Dorien was playing in Hilltop Park in Amarillo with friends when they came across Covington's remains behind the YMCA building. She had been stabbed to death.
Covington's friend witnessed her murder and was assaulted herself during the crime. She said that Covington was attacked inside a light-colored pickup truck before her murder. Linda Gayle Jackson was killed one month after Covington's death. Witnesses reported that she entered a vehicle similar to the truck involved in Covington's case. Both women's homicides remain unsolved."
''Jackson was thought to have been engaged in the act of prostitution at the time of her murder, which has likely hindered efforts to involve the public in solving the case. Due to this black mark on Linda Gayle Jackson's case, please note the following details:
Jackson was the mother of two daughters and was survived by three brothers and a sister. She was a life-long resident of Amarillo and a graduate of Amarillo College; at the time of her death, she worked for Sytel Computer Co.
She left behind a grieving family and she was beloved.
If you know anything about the murder, you are urged to call Potter Randall Special Crimes at 378-9468, submit an anonymous tip via amapolice.org, or call the Amarillo Crime Stoppers at 806-374-4400''
