UNION COUNTY, N.C. — A suspected serial killer serving time confessed to the homicide of a Union County lady who disappeared in 1991 in Florida.

Michael Little mentioned his mom, Linda Little, who grew up in Marshville, was working in Daytona Beach when she vanished.

The Little household has looked for her for over 30 years, handing out flyers and posting on billboards whereas by no means giving hope.

Investigators in Florida referred to as Michael Little final week in regards to the confession.

“I always kind of hoped she would just pop up one day and tell me about her adventures, wherever she’s been, whatever she’s done and that’s not going to happen now,” Michael Little mentioned.

The vanishing

Michael Little has discovered consolation from Hootie & the Blowfish’s hit “Let Her Cry,” with lyrics together with “Maybe I’ll be back someday.”

Linda Little’s adventures took her to Daytona Beach within the Nineteen Eighties so she might dwell by the ocean.

She was in her 40s when she returned to Union County for Christmas earlier than she disappeared.

In 1991, Michael Little mentioned that his grandparents and mom’s siblings started a determined seek for her.

“They went door to door passing out pictures and flyers,” Michael Little mentioned.

He was a long-haul truck driver on the time.

“I went all over the country,” he mentioned. “Every time I had to stop and get fuel, every 500 miles, I would put up a flyer at a truck stop.”

Michael mentioned the restaurant the place she labored provided a $10,000 reward.

His aunt put up the billboard, however it didn’t assist to usher in any new data.

The crime

Everything modified final week when investigators referred to as Michael Little.

Michael Townson, 53, was indicted Monday by a Volusia County Grand Jury for first-degree homicide within the cold-case killing of Linda Little, in accordance with a statement from the State Attorney’s Office. He was in jail for a 2008 murder.

Investigators mentioned there might be no less than two different victims tied to Townson.

Investigators informed Michael Little that Townson confessed that he was celebrating his twenty first birthday.

“My mom had gotten off work and went by her little neighborhood bar for a few martinis,” he mentioned.

Townson mentioned he met Linda Little at that bar and informed investigators that she made him mad. Then he snapped.

“I really don’t want him to receive the death penalty,” Michael Little mentioned. “I think it’s too easy.”

The killer’s confession launched the invisible weight of a gnawing unknown.

The therapeutic

“It was tough,” Michael Little mentioned. “It felt like a weight had been released. It felt like I had lost 50 pounds.”

He mentioned that two companies in Florida are in search of Linda Little’s stays in an space the place Townson mentioned he buried her.

“Chances are of finding remains are kind of slim,” Michael Little mentioned. “But then, we will really be able to put her in hallow ground.”

He is wanting ahead to having a memorial service, which would be the first likelihood he can really grieve.

“I think that day will be the big day for me,” Michael Little mentioned.

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