Linda Gilreath was 28 when she returned to the Cobb County, Georgia, home she had recently left during a divorce from her husband, Fred Marion Gilreath, Jr. On the morning of May 11, 1979, Linda went back to collect belongings and was accompanied by her 57-year-old father, Gerrit Van Leeuwen. Both were found inside the house later that day, each shot multiple times. Gasoline had been poured around the bodies, suggesting a failed attempt to set the house on fire.

Fred Gilreath, 41 at the time, was arrested; reports say he had been drinking that day. A Cobb County jury convicted him in 1980 of the murders of Linda and Gerrit and sentenced him to death. Appeals over the following years argued the killings arose from a domestic dispute and did not include other felonies, but the conviction and sentence were upheld.

If anyone knew Linda or Gerrit, or has information about the events leading up to May 11, 1979, please share what is known.