Linda Ann Wildman was a 61-year-old woman who was last reported in connection with Grass Valley, California, with a listed last-contact date of January 1, 2015. Public missing-person records described her as a woman who had been known to be transient in the Grass Valley area, a circumstance that can make later contact difficult and can leave family members with very few clear answers.
The available public information indicates that her case was eventually documented through the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office and listed in NamUs as Missing Person case MP78826. At the time she was entered into missing-person records, Linda was described as about 5 feet 7 inches tall and approximately 130 pounds, with red or auburn hair and brown eyes.
The publicly available case summary indicates that concern for Linda grew after a relative, identified in one public summary as her cousin, contacted the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office after losing contact with her for several years. That report appears to have been made after an extended period without reliable communication, which is why the case information is somewhat limited and why the listed date of last contact is broad. There are no detailed public accounts describing a single confirmed final sighting, a specific location within Grass Valley where she was last seen, or the circumstances of her daily movements at the time contact was lost. Instead, the case appears to have been built around the absence of contact and the family’s concern that she could not be located.
The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office was listed as the investigating agency, with the case associated with Nevada County, California. Public records connected to the case identify the agency case number as 12000097 and show that the case was formally documented years after the listed last-contact date. That gap is important to understanding the case: Linda’s disappearance was not presented publicly as a sudden event with a single known incident, but rather as a missing-person report involving a woman whose whereabouts became unknown after family members could no longer reach her. The limited information available also reflects the vulnerability of people who are transient or unstably housed, because their movements may not be documented and their social connections may be interrupted without immediate notice.
The investigating agency has reported that Linda Wildman has been found alive, and this is no longer an active missing-person case. The exact date she was located has not been made clear in the available information, and public details describing the circumstances of her recovery have not been found. Overall, Linda’s case began as a missing-person report out of Grass Valley involving a 61-year-old woman whose family lost contact with her after she had been known to be transient in the area, was later recorded through Nevada County authorities and NamUs, and was ultimately resolved with confirmation that she was found alive.Last Seen: Jan 1, 2015
