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Linda Watts Missing Person Case

Last seen in Sanford, North Carolina on May 11, 2004

Victim Details

Jan 13, 2010

Feb 19, 2015

Linda

Watts

65

43

65 inches

160 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

May 11, 2004

Sanford

North Carolina

Wake County

20910

Sanford Police Department

Sanford

North Carolina

,

04-004169

Sanford Police Department

Red/Auburn

Brown

Brown

07/12/2026


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In the late hours of May 11, 2004, Linda Darlene Watts, a 43-year-old woman from Sanford, North Carolina, vanished while walking home. A resident of a neighborhood known for being rough, Linda was an avid walker and would often travel on foot to and from her late-night shift in the mailroom of the Sanford Herald. On the night she went missing, she had stopped by her workplace around midnight or 1:00 a.m. to pick up a newspaper before beginning her journey home. Linda, a wife and mother of two yo ...
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Last Seen: May 11, 2004

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  • Murder charge tossed in case of missing Sanford woman - WRAL.com
  • Linda Darlene Holder Watts - The Charley Project
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