The Boots Left on the Trail: Why Linda Never Came Home

Disappearance Stories · Oct 24, 2026 · 18m

The Boots Left on the Trail: Why Linda Never Came Home

A pair of hiking boots, double-knotted and upright with mismatched socks tucked inside, were found in damp March leaves seventy yards east of the Ardmore trailhead on March 9, 2014 - but Linda Ann Cooper's body was never found. Who took Linda's boots from her car, carried them to that unpaved lot, and left them as a deliberate marker?

In this episode, we lay out the timeline, the witnesses, and the clues from the day Linda disappeared, following Sergeant Sherry Rice's first impressions and the small, concrete details that made neighbors…