Linda Odum, 32, was reported missing from Talladega, Alabama, in February 1986. She worked as a cocktail waitress and had been romantically involved with a man then using the name he gave while employed as an art instructor at the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind.

On March 30, 1986, her nude, decomposed body was found outside Talladega; investigators determined she had been murdered. Her abandoned car was recovered in Kentucky on March 3, and fingerprints in the vehicle matched the man she had been dating, whose real name was Daniel Siebert. That match revealed he had been using an alias and had a prior manslaughter conviction and outstanding assault charges in other states.

A six-month nationwide manhunt followed; Siebert was arrested in Nashville while working as a handyman. During interrogation he confessed to Odum’s murder and to other killings, saying his motives included sexual gratification and robbery. Siebert was later prosecuted, convicted and sentenced to death for other murders; no trial for Odum’s killing was held before his death.

Did anyone who knew Linda or saw her in Talladega in early 1986 come forward with information?