Linda Hatfield was 31 when she was last seen after finishing a shift at the Hunt Club in Garden City on May 29, 1984. A bouncer escorted her to her car and watched her drive off toward Middleton. Witnesses later reported seeing her Thunderbird parked in Middleton around 2 a.m., where an argument between a man and a woman was overheard. By 8:30 a.m. her car was found abandoned in a Boise parking lot on South Curtis Road; she had not yet been reported missing. Her husband reported her missing on June 1, and by June 4 investigators reclassified the case as a homicide.

In November 1984 Linda’s wallet and credit cards were recovered from the drained New York Canal. In June 1987 a court found clear and convincing evidence that she was deceased. A lead in 1988 indicated she may have been targeted for robbery after coming into money. One primary suspect named in the investigation was Cary Burgess, a frequent Hunt Club patron who was seen between 2 and 3 a.m. on the night covered in mud, appearing manic, and possessing a woman’s wedding ring set; he was later convicted for an unrelated abduction and rape in July 1984 and died in prison in 2001.

Any information about her missing wedding ring set, the location of her remains, or the night she vanished could be vital.