Name: Linda Kay Carroll
Case Classification: Missing
Missing Since: September 24, 1984
Location Last Seen: Crestview, Okaloosa County, Florida
Date of Birth: March 10, 1960
Age: 24 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'2" - 5'6"
Weight: 110 - 120 lbs
Hair Color: Strawberry blonde
Eye Color: Green
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Scar on right hip. Carroll was a nonsmoker at the time of her disappearance.
Dentals: Unknown; large gap between her two front top teeth; they were straight and white
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Carroll was last seen in Crestview, Florida on September 25, 1984. She and her husband were separated and going through a bitter divorce over custody of their two children.
Neighbors heard screams from Carroll's house, and the next day she did not show up for work. She has not been seen since.
Carroll's husband, Dennis Wayne Carroll (who died in 2014) was the prime suspect in Linda's case. Dennis was emotionally and physically abusive according to Linda's family.
Agency Name: Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 850-689-5655
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: C841832
NamUs Case Number: 22835
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
NWF Daily News - Sept. 25, 2016
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 11-02-2022 - By: hwa
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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