Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 06/24/1979
- Missing From:
- Missing From Torrance, California
- Classification:
- Classification Non-Family Abduction
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 07/09/1962 (62)
- Age:
- Age 16 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’4, 115 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A size 7 or 8 white blouse with black Mexican-style embroidery, dark blue size 8 jeans, and beige size 6 sandals.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Lucinda’s nickname is Cindy. Her ears are double-pierced and she has a scar on her chin.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On June 24, 1979, Lucinda disappeared in Torrance, California. She was walking home from a church youth group meeting when she vanished. Only one of her shoes was found near the road. She left money in her savings account, suggesting she didn’t run away.
Later that year, Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris were caught. They were serial killers who used a van they called “Murder Mac” to kidnap, rape, and murder many young women, including Lucinda and Andrea Hall. Bittaker and Norris confessed to kidnapping and raping Lucinda and leaving her body in a hidden canyon, but each claimed the other strangled her. Lucinda was their first known victim.
Norris got a life sentence in exchange for testifying against Bittaker, who was sentenced to death. Bittaker died in prison in 2019, and Norris died in 2020. Sadly, the bodies of Lucinda and Andrea have never been found.
- Agency:
- California Department of Justice
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 06/24/1979