Hours: Lindas Story chronicles Lindas murder investigation and the decades-long effort it took to catch her killer. We were the best of friends in junior high ~ we used to spend the night at Linda's on Elm - stayed up on the 3rd floor (actually, we often stayed without her parents knowing) - that was part of the fun! Norwich-Linda Ackerman, 74, lost her courageous battle with cancer on April 27, 2023. I'm was so sad and shocked to hear about Linda and her illness. }Customer Service, Ida Ten Eyck OKeeffe/The Clark Art Institute/The Clar, Ida and Georgia O'Keeffe (1924), by Alfred Stieglitz. December 4, 1948 April 27, 2023. Maybe it followed a burst of flirtation from Stieglitz, who was behind the camera. Catherine agreed. Peace be with you. It's a terrible loss for her family and all her friends! 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The tweets concluded with a video that included interviews with the detectives who have worked on finding the girl's killer through the years. The sister of 11-year-old Linda Our lives went in different directions but it seems like just yesterday that we were splashing in our pool and sharing secrets. Earlier, when Linda was waiting to use the phone, she stepped out for a while. Linda Usually, I ride my bike to school. It stayed that way until 2018, when the Newport Beach Police started a social media campaign that brought new interest to the case. At the Clark Art Institute, 225 South St., Williamstown, extended through Oct. 14. Man In Colorado Springs Arrested In 45-Year-Old California Cold Hours: Lindas Story chronicles the tragic turn of events in her life and how the investigators refused to give up on finding her killer even four decades later. Thank you so much! 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. In one, the sisters dine merrily at an outside table, smiles all around. The man was described to be in his mid-20s or early 30s. She will be dearly missed!! Identifying Neal as O'Keefe's alleged killer led investigators to connecting him to the two Riverside County attacks, according to Orange County prosecutors. A friend of hers later told police that a turquoise van stopped next to Linda a few times as she walked. The Corona del Mar girl disappeared while walking home from summer school on July 6, 1973, and her body was recovered the following morning in a ditch in the Back Bay area. James Alan Neal, who was 73, was taken to an area hospital on May 25 due to an undisclosed illness, said Jaimee Blashaw of the Orange County Sheriff's Department. But that day she had been dropped off. I hope that he has remorse. She added that she prayed for James and his family. A face that comes from DNA that the killer left behind. Georgia, in increasing despair, demanded that both stop painting immediately. The police department also "live-tweeted" Lindas story from her perspective on Friday and Saturday, narrating the final day of her life in real-time, exactly 45 years later. We know Linda will be missed. Ways to honor Linda O'Keefe's life and legacy. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Linda O'Keefe murder: Inside the investigation 16 photos On July 6, 1973, Linda, who usually rode her bike to summer school in the sleepy beach town of Corona del At around 1:15 pm on July 6, witnesses reported seeing Linda talking to a white man in a turquoise-colored van at an intersection. "It's difficult with a cold case for people to relate to the victim on a personal level," she noted. Doubt, if there was any, was scant: He flirted incessantly, and she returned his attentions. Georgia OKeeffes forgotten sister, and a glimpse of what might have been By Murray Whyte Globe Staff,Updated August 9, 2019, 11:43 a.m. Ida OKeeffes Creation Im Linda OKeefe (or Linda ANN OKeefe, if Im in trouble with my mom). One group of paintings both establishes Idas own vision two stark and angular 1938 works, Ozark Lime Kiln and Stargazing in Texas, seem drained of color, haunting and bleak in pale tones of gray and stacks her up against her sisters fame. Services: Memorial service on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Webster Groves Presbyterian Church, 45 W. Lockwood, Webster Groves, MO. Linda was a wonderful gift to my life and many others in our women's group. She said that it was a womens voice screaming, Stop, youre hurting me. The authorities, though, couldnt get far in the case. Linda was my best friend when we were 5 or 6 years old. Why such sibling antipathy? At around 6:42 pm, she was reported missing. Ida surely did. Linda's older sister, Cindy, says their mom sewed most of their clothes. But when Sgt. Court Depweg tasked her with putting Linda O'Keefe's face "on every phone, every iPad, every laptop in the country" to generate new leads on the 45-year-old cold case, she knew it was an opportunity to empower the young victim. According to Depweg, "Right away, she said 'What about Twitter?'" A woman later told police she saw Linda standing next to a turquoise van and talking to the driver -- a white man in his mid-20s or early 30s. Manzella said police in Canada posted a similar Twitter stream for a case several years ago and it stuck with her. Linda had a beautiful singing voice and, with her sister Kathleen, sang backup vocals on numerous demos in San Francisco, California. Georgia, every inch of her famous. Catherine, whose artistic ambitions had been nurtured by her older sister, would open a show of her own paintings in New York on Feb. 27; Ida, too, would show in New York that spring. This was shortly after Linda called her mother. I know she's in God's hands now, no longer suffering, and we are now filled with the memories of her as she touched our lives. James Neal, Linda OKeefe Suspect: 5 Fast Facts You He was also facing charges of sexually assaulting two children in Riverside County. Lindas worried mother checked in with her friends, hoping for some news, but nobody heard from her. Cindy, who has since retired from her job at a university, seems to live with her family in California. So, in February 2019, James was arrested at his home and later extradited to California. There, Ida proved an ebullient counterpoint to the taciturn and withdrawn Georgia, and drew an attention from Stieglitz that seemed more than familial. Georgia, feeling threatened on all fronts, did what she could to stifle her sisters budding career, which makes Ida OKeeffe: Escaping Georgias Shadow at the Clark Art Institute a full-blown recovery effort. Linda Ann O'Keefe Cold Case Video2018 marks the 45th anniversary of the abduction of Linda Ann OKeefe, an 11-year-old girl who lived in Corona del Mar. Linda was last seen alive on Friday, July 6, 1973 as she walked home from summer school. Her body was discovered the next morning in the Back Bay area. The death of James Neal prior to putting him on trial for Linda's rape and murder robs the O'Keefe family of the justice they so deserve and deprives the law enforcement officers of the satisfaction that they finally got their culprit. CBS 48 Hours: Lindas Story chronicles Lindas murder investigation and the decades-long effort it took to catch her killer. Linda, 11, explains she was murdered and that her killer was never found. Sister speaks about arrest made in murder case - KGUN In January 2019, the police got a familial match that eventually led them to James Alan Neal, living in Colorado at the time. The investigators set about trying to figure out Lindas timeline before she went missing. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? When Linda never came home, her mother contacted her friends, hoping to hear from her daughter, police said. I will always remember great times we had, sharing stories, walking the streets, first boyfriends, etc. In the 21st century, it's not just urns and gravestones anymore. My killer was never found. Police said she was last seen standing near a man in a blue or turquoise van. Its technology that didnt exist back in 1973, but it might change everything today. #LindasStory pic.twitter.com/GsZClKFwPj. O'Keefe vanished in 1973 while she was walking home from school in Newport Beach. She was last seen near a turquoise van speaking to a white man in his mid-20s or early 30s, according to witnesses. Her strangled body was found the following day in a grassy ditch in the Back Bay area. I lost my sister to cancer, and I still think of her every day. "All it takes is the right person, the right set of eyes, to recognize that person and give us a call.". The authorities concerted effort led to an arrest about 46 years after Lindas murder. Consider offering these words of comfort if you're not sure what's appropriate. Cindys sister was raped, strangled, and dumped in a ditch. "Years have passed since this heinous murder, but the [Newport Beach Police Department] remains dedicated to justice for Linda, and committed to finding her killer," police said in a news release. Juli Warren, My blessings to whole family, I went to high school with Linda. But today, I got a ride to school, so no bike. She was a beloved member of our Sunday evening women's group for many years. We believe Linda is due that, she said. Beginning Friday morning, the Twitter account of the Newport Beach Police Department started publishing details about Lindas last day alive in first-person posts. The tweets will likely also make the case more engaging for a longer period of time, she told NBC Los Angeles. At the time, Linda attended summer school at Lincoln Intermediate School in Corona Del Mar, California. A defendant in the 1973 killing and sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl in Newport Beach succumbed to a disease Wednesday while in custody. OKeeffe sisters: Georgia (1887-1986), Ida Ten Eck (1889-1961), Anita Natalia (1891-1984), Catherine Blanche (1895-1987), and Claudia Ruth (1899-1984). Newport Beach police last year hired Parabon, a Virginia-based DNA technology company specializing in a process using genetic material, to build a sort of composite sketch of the suspect at 25 years old and how the killer might look today. Ida would not. Maybe it was Georgias simmering resentment of her sisters ambitions finding its way to the surface. Im Linda OKeefe, reads one of many tweets posted by the Newport Beach Police Department. Cindy remembered that afternoon, saying, She didnt have her bike, and she didnt want to walk home that day. Its small just a couple of dozen works but not insubstantial. In the salty exchanges between siblings to be found in the exhibition catalog, a rich trove of family drama thoroughly researched through the depths of the various libraries that hold the correspondence of the OKeeffes and Alfred Stieglitz, Georgias husband, Ida has choice words for big sister. What kind of arrangement is appropriate, where should you send it, and when should you send an alternative? 413-458-2303, www.clarkart.edu, Murray Whyte can be reached at murray.whyte@globe.com. But she never made it home. There is a new lead in my case: a face. Ida chose to paint in the 1920s, following an older sister whose fame was already firmly in place. All it takes is one good lead By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. Once school ended, Linda didnt want to walk back home, so she used the schools office phone to call her mother. 1973 Newport Beach child murder dies in custody #LindasStory: Evidence From 1973 Cold Case of 11-Year-Old's Theyre jubilant meticulously ordered, with hard shafts of light streaming from the windows or curling into water and mist in jazzy blues, yellows, and grays. The series of #LindasStory tweets began Friday, the anniversary of the day Linda disappeared, and ended Saturday morning at the same time her body was found. How was Linda O'Keefe murder case solved 45 years after Linda Ann OKeefe was the middle child in a family of five. Bless you Linda - you were one of my best friends ~ rest in peace dear friend. Information and advice to help you cope with the death of someone important to you. After James arrest, Cindy also talked about forgiveness and faith and said, I couldnt carry that burden in my heart of hating an individual even though he committed this horrible crime. Memorials can be made to the Monthly Meals Program at Webster Groves Presbyterian Church or to a charity of the donor's choice. Newport Beach police last July mounted a Twitter campaign, releasing information about the killing to try to spur new leads in the case, which had stymied investigators for more than four decades. The police tweets detailing the last hours of Linda's life included photographs from the crime scene and a newly created "snapshot'' of the suspect. Linda Ann OKeefe was the middle child in a family of five. Ida had died in 1961 of a stroke, and Claudia felt she had never gotten her due. The eldest sister was affronted and furious. Part of HuffPost Crime. Cindy said that her mother carried that guilt all her life. Her sister was an adult and worked in a dry-cleaning shop while living at their parents' home. Cindy felt that her younger sister would be back home soon. Closure and relief for Lindas sister, who says she forgave Neal before she even knew his name. Probably, and there are plenty of reasons why. Whatever the case, Georgias bitterness toward her sister never left her. Yes, if youre wondering, its that OKeeffe: double f, she of the naughty-seeming flower paintings, of the impeccable high-desert Ghost Ranch, of the phone-book-thick media profiles and features in Architectural Digest, and of the near-constant-seeming blockbuster museum exhibitions, the most recent of which, last year, featured her fashion and dcor choices. He made a photograph of a black crows feather pricked into an apple and showed it to her, slyly: Old Crow was the nickname he had given himself, Little Apple the one he had given her. She was last seen walking home from summer school, and her body was found the next day. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. Didnt expect a 45 year old story to be so riveting and so emotional. So, lets find out what happened then, shall we. Cold case arrest: Newport Beach police have a suspect in custody But close by, showing Idas little painting Black Lilies, from 1945, feels almost cruel, given how much of big sisters fame is built on the big, bold pictures of flowers of every kind. The case eventually turned cold. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. The following day, a local architect and his son found Lindas remains in a ditch in Back Bay in Newport Beach, California. Una Healy commented: "Sending you lots of love and strength Linda," while 911 star Lee Brennan wrote: "Linda you are amazing, sending so much love and strength to you." It makes you wonder what might have been. So, James was placed under surveillance, and a DNA sample was collected, which turned out to be a match to the profile from the semen sample. One of her sisters, Cindy Borgeson, Stieglitz was a philanderer; but her own sister? Cindy, who, after all those years, didnt think the culprit would be found, was surprised when she heard the news of his arrest. I was murdered and my body was found in the Back Bay. Cindy felt that her younger sister would be back home soon. We are hoping that someone recognizes that face. Her death touched so many.. Im going to call my mom and see if shell pick me up, so I dont have to walk home. #LindasStory pic.twitter.com/xAouON1DrC, Manzella told NBC Los Angeles that police have continued to hear from Lindas former school friends. Today, Im going to tell you my story. #LindasStory pic.twitter.com/G25n2IppZb Newport Beach Police (@NewportBeachPD) It speaks of a certain kind of confidence to step outside, to try something new. We had a lot of fun playing as children and young teens. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time. The exhibition, organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, makes much of Idas Lighthouse Series, a group of paintings in which the artist is most truly herself.