VT LYNNE KATHRYN SCHULZE: Missing from Middlebury, VT - 10 Dec 1971 - Age 18

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1582DFVT - Lynne Kathryn Schulze​

Name: Lynne Kathryn Schulze
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: December 10, 1971
Location Last Seen: Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont

Physical Description​

Date of Birth: February 9, 1953
Age: 18 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 115 lbs.
Hair Color: Light brown
Eye Color: Blue
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Severe acne on her face.

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not available
DNA: Sample available - not yet submitted

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Blue jeans, brown ski parka and maroon pullover sweater.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Lynne Kathryn Schulze was a freshman at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont and grew up in Simsbury, Connecticut. She was an avid outdoors person and spent many of her weekends exploring and hiking in New England. She frequently hitchhiked but always returned home. She was very close with her family and it was out of character for her to not be in touch. She was last seen on Friday, December 10, 1971, which was the first day of her final exams. She left behind all of her personal property, including her wallet and sleeping bag.

The following is a timeline of the day she disappeared:

• 7:45 AM Lynne’s roommate leaves and Lynne is still sleeping.
• 12:30 PM Lynne is seen by a fellow student outside a building that houses the bus station and a local health food store, All Good Things, on Court Street in Middlebury. She is eating dried prunes that she purchased at All Good Things and says she is going to New York, but the bus has already left. Lynne walked back to campus with a fellow college student.
• 12:45 PM Lynne is seen by a friend and fellow student in her dorm room. The two have a final exam together at 1:00 PM. Lynne does not want to talk about the exam, and is distracted and looking for her favorite pen.
• 12:50 PM Lynne is seen by the same friend and is still in her dorm room.
• 12:55 PM Lynne is no longer in her dorm room and the friend goes to the final exam.
• 1:00 PM Lynne did not take her final exam.
• 2:15 PM Lynne is seen standing on Court Street by another fellow college student. She is across from the bus station and the health food store. This is the last time she is ever seen.

In July 2012, police received an anonymous tip that Robert Durst owned a health food store in Middlebury around the time of Lynne's disappearance. In 2015, Durst was arrested on a first-degree murder charge of Susan Berman, his longtime friend, who was killed in 2000. In 2003, he was acquitted in the 2001 dismemberment death of his neighbor while living in Texas. Durst has long been suspected in the 1982 disappearance of his first wife, Kathie Durst. While Durst is not a suspect in Lynne's disappearance, police are investigating a possible link.

Investigating Agency(s)​

Agency Name: Middlebury Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Detective Kris Bowdish
Agency Phone Number: 802-388-3191
Agency E-Mail: kbowdish(at)middleburypolice.org
Agency Case Number: 92-MB-1939

Agency Name: Vermont State Police
Agency Contact Person: Lt. Reg Trayah
Agency Phone Number: 802-244-8781
Agency E-Mail: reg.trayah(at)vermont.gov
Agency Case Number: 92-MB-1939

NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 6975

Information Source(s)​

1582DFVT - Lynne Kathryn Schulze

Vermont State Police
NamUs
Vermont Missing Persons
Middlebury Police Department
Motorcyclist Online: Looking for Lynne Schulze
ABC News
Burlington Free Press News Archive
The Addison Independent News Archive

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LYNNE KATHRYN SCHULZE: Missing from Middlebury, VT since 10 Dec 1971 - Age 18

Lynne Kathryn Schulze was a freshman at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. She was last seen on Friday, December 10, 1971, which was the first day of her final exams. She left behind all of her personal property, including her wallet and...

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Schulze noted Lynne had spoken to her folks on Dec. 8, 1971 — two nights prior to her disappearance. Their mom, who passed away in 1994, wrote a summary of the content of their conversation, which is now part of the Lynne Schulze file at the Middlebury Police Department.

“She wrote that Lynne was in good spirits and looking forward to coming home,” Schulze said.

Also on Dec. 8, Lynne is said to have told a friends she was caught up with her studying and was ready to take her exams.

“She did not run away,” said Swain, who instead believes her sister lost her life. “We’d like to find out what happened to her, where her remains are, if possible, and why it happened… From the beginning, we felt like she had been killed. But despite that, we all kept hoping; maybe the unthinkable was that she had done the unthinkable and disappeared. But I think we all knew.”

48 years later, Lynne Schulze's sisters are still searching - Addison Independent

MIDDLEBURY — The Schulze family puts together an annual calendar matching photos with the birthdates of the many members of the Connecticut-based clan. Individuals play a recurring, starring role on the day they came into the world. Lynne Schulze’s face is featured twice in her family’s...

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Lynne Schulze was last seen in Middlebury, Vermont, on December 10, 1971. Lynne was a freshman at Middlebury College, and was wrapping up her first semester. She had an exam in the afternoon, but never arrived, and her friends did not see her again. She was reported missing six days later. Her personal possessions, including her wallet, were left in her dorm room.

According to a timeline created by the Middlebury Police Department, Lynne was seen at a bus stop around 12:30 pm on December 10. She reportedly told someone she was going to New York, but the bus had left. Her exam was scheduled for 1 pm, and she was seen in her dorm around 12:45 pm, searching for her pen. She was later seen at the same bus stop at 2:15 pm. There were no confirmed sightings of Lynne after that.

Missing: Lynne Schulze

Lynne Schulze was last seen in Middlebury, Vermont, on December 10, 1971. Lynne was a freshman at Middlebury College, and was wrapping up her first semester. She had an exam in the afternoon, but n…

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Have you seen this child? Lynne Schulze

Missing From: MIDDLEBURY, VT. Missing Date: Fri, Dec 10 1971. Lynne's photo is shown age-progressed to 68 years. She was an 18-year-old freshman at Middlebury College and was last seen waiting outside of a health food store near a bus stop located on Court Street in Middlebury, Vermont. Lynne...

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