A two-decades long investigation into the disappearance and murder of Chesterfield mom Linda Lunsford ended when a jury convicted her boyfriend, John Howard, with first-degree murder Friday night.
CHESTERFIELD — A Chesterfield County jury on Friday evening found a Rockville man guilty of killing of his girlfriend more than 25 years ago in an unusual, challenging case that
A two-decades long investigation into the disappearance and murder of Chesterfield mom Linda Lunsford ended when a jury convicted her boyfriend, John Howard, with first-degree murder Friday night.
She disappeared in 1996, a former Virginia Walmart worker was just arrested for her murder
Howard and Lunsford were in a relationship and worked together at the Walmart just off Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield. Lunsford was last seen leaving work with Howard.
By: Scott Wise
and last updated 2021-05-19 12:28:26-04
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. An arrest has been made in the disappearance of a Chesterfield mother last seen the day after Christmas 1996. John Harvey Howard, 62, of Hanover, was arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of 38-year-old Linda Evans Lunsford, according to police.
Chesterfield Police
John Harvey Howard
Howard and Lunsford were in a relationship and worked together at the Walmart just off Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield. Lunsford was last seen leaving work with Howard.