Linda Louise Fledderman, 32, was last seen in the early hours of August 17, 1996, at the Myakka City Bar and Grill in Myakka City, Florida, after spending the evening with her long-term boyfriend, Jefferson Lowry Blanton. Later that day Blanton was found shot to death in the couple’s shared home; there were no signs of struggle or forced entry. Fledderman vanished from the residence, leaving her vehicle, identification and other personal belongings behind.

The couple’s relationship had been troubled and marked by prior domestic incidents. Investigators at first considered Fledderman a suspect in Blanton’s killing but later began to treat her as possibly the victim of foul play. Convicted murderer Larry James Parks was linked to the case when his fingerprints turned up in Fledderman’s vehicle; no formal charges related to her disappearance have been filed. Her family had her declared legally dead in 2001 after she failed to return and had left her young son in the care of a sister.

Did anyone in Myakka City in August 1996 see Linda that night or notice her car after she disappeared?