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Case Description
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In the spring of 1979, a domestic dispute in Cobb County, Georgia, escalated into a brutal double murder that would ultimately lead to the execution of the perpetrator. Linda Gilreath, a 28-year-old White female, was in the process of divorcing her husband of 11 years, Fred Marion Gilreath, Jr. Having recently moved out of their shared home after an argument, Linda had been staying with her mother. On the morning of May 11, 1979, accompanied by her 57-year-old father, Gerrit Van Leeuwen, Linda r ...Read More
Victim Details

Linda Gilreath

Female

White / Caucasian

Cobb

GA

1979-05-11

28

Linda

Gilreath

03/23/2026