Nearly 31 years after Linda Lester, a Baltimore County 911 police dispatcher, was killed, detectives have charged her estranged husband with her murder.
She was 31 years old at the time of her death.
Donald Wesley Lester, 68, was arrested and charged this week in the 1994 death of his wife, Baltimore County police announced.
The last time Linda Lester was seen alive was Oct. 11, 1994, when she left work and headed to Donald Lester’s home to pick up their 2-year-old daughter, police said.
Officials share the couple was separated and going through a troublesome divorce at the time.
They add that the couple had been in a dispute over custody of their two-year-old duaghter.
According to authorities, Linda’s sister reported her missing the next day.
On Oct. 17, her body was found off Int