Linda Lou Taylor was 23 when she moved from Minnesota to Reno and took a job bartending at the Gold Dust West. Described by family as organized and in regular contact, she had never missed a car payment — facts that made her sudden silence in March 1979 alarming. The last confirmed sighting was March 7, 1979, when she visited the First National Bank of Nevada to notarize documents and met a young bearded locksmith who talked with her about backpacking and arranged a lunch date.

After the bank stop she bought shoes on South Sierra Street; a grocery receipt suggests a purchase on March 8, and there are unconfirmed reports she may have been seen at her apartment on March 9. Her roommate reported her missing on March 9. On March 18 her station wagon was found abandoned in a Raley’s parking lot on Pyramid Way in Sparks, with about 23 miles driven that could not be accounted for and her workout leotards and shirt inside. Foul play was suspected. The locksmith, identified as Charles Garry Sullivan, left town, shaved his beard, and later admitted he had met and dated Linda but has not been charged. The disappearance remains unsolved.

If anyone knew Linda, the places she worked, lived, or the man who met her at the bank, please share what is known.