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Missing Since:: Missing Since 10/20/1995
Missing From:: Missing From St. Augustine, Florida
Classification:: Classification Endangered Missing
Gender:: Female
Race:: Race White
Date of Birth:: Date of Birth 12/23/1947 (77)
Age:: Age 47 years old
Height and Weight:: Height and Weight 5’10, 110 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description:: Clothing/Jewelry Description A light-colored shirt, blue jeans and dirty white sneakers.
Distinguishing Characteristics:: Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Richardson has a bridge across the front of her mouth where several teeth should have been, a scar on her left cheek and a plastic replacement left cheekbone; she injured her face and teeth in an accident and had reconstructive surgery afterwards. She also has a scar on her abdomen. Richardson may the first names Barbara and/or Jade, and some agencies give her first name as Diane.
Details of Disappearance:: A woman named Richardson disappeared in St. Augustine, Florida, on October 20, 1995. Her son reported her missing. Years later, serial killer William Darrell Lindsey confessed to killing her. He even showed police where he said he’d buried her body – a huge alligator-filled pit. Although they couldn’t find her remains, there was enough evidence to convict him. Lindsey also confessed to killing other women, and died in prison in 2015. Richardson was from California and, like Lindsey’s other victims, was involved in drugs and prostitution. However, she was close to her family and friends, so her disappearance is highly suspicious, and police believe she was murdered.
Agency:: St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office 904-824-8304
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