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Southern California Man Accused of Killing 11-Year-Old Linda O'Keefe in Newport Beach Dies in Custody He was awaiting trial for the July 1973 killing of 11-year-old Peace be with you. The investigators set about trying to figure out Lindas timeline before she went missing. Linda had one of the most generous spirits! The Independent The case eventually turned cold. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Ida surely did. The ride home is easy, because its almost all downhill. Send Email To (required) I had lost touch with Linda after high school but when my mom noticed her picture in the Webster Presbyterian newsletter I called her and we had a really nice talk - catching up on things. So, lets find out what happened then, shall we. 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. Cindy was about 18-years-old when Linda vanished as an 11-year-old after school. Then, the authorities began working with a private firm to use forensic genealogy to trace the suspects family tree. You lived next door to me and Linda was a few blocks away. Forty-five years ago today, I disappeared from Newport Beach. So, if youre curious about how Cindy dealt with Lindas death, heres what we know! Sending prayers to Linda's family. "The pursuit of justice is never-ending, and in this case the hunt for a child rapist and murderer lasted more than 46 years and transcended generations of law enforcement officers,'' Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said. and the late Eileen F. O'Keefe; sister of Kathleen O'Keefe, Kelly (Kent) Voorhees and Joseph D. (Connie) O'Keefe, Jr.; aunt of Charlie Crouse, Mac O'Keefe and Concie O'Keefe; niece of the late Florence and John Hennelly, the late Bernice and Bill Dempsey, the late McCann and Shirley O'Keefe and Charlotte and the late Robert Matthews; cousin of Donald (Marlene) Dempsey, William (Joyce) Hennelly, Karen (Robert) Long, Charlotte (Andy) Lyons, the late Taylor Matthews and Louise Paniello, Charles (Marketa) Matthews, Tim (Vanessa) O'Keefe and the late Michael O'Keefe; and steadfast friends Virginia Binzel, the Reverend Blythe Kieffer, Carol Prough, Kulani Makakoa, Marie Wolf and Steve Wolf. Newport Beach PD. I lost my sister to cancer, and I still think of her every day. People