Lynda Blair’s life was cut short 25 years ago.

A family friend reached out to WMAR-2 News and asked us to cover her case.

Lynda was a wife, mother, and grandmother and worked part-time as a baker at a grocery store.

Lynda Blair Photo Courtesy: Harford County Sheriff’s Office
Graceton Market Photo: WMAR-2 News Archive

On Tuesday, September 28, 1999, he began his evening shift at the Graceton Store in Whiteford, Harford County.

“It started towards the end of the evening and actually stayed on beyond shutting down the baking business the next day,” says Capt. Andrew Lane of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Unit.

Lynda would decorate the cakes for the next morning.

Another employee who was still there after closing said they heard a loud explosion around 9:30 p.m.

They thought Lynda might have dropped a sheet or something, but when they went to check on her, she’d been shot.

And he saw a man working, wearing a ski mask and carrying a gun.

He died in hospital.

“This is a huge loss,” his father-in-law, Darren Ham, told WMAR-2 News in 1999.

Police then and now do not believe robbery was the motive for the attack.

“As far as we can determine, nothing of significant value was stolen,” Lane says. “There was no reason for this to happen, he was attacked and then left.”

However, although there have been no arrests, police continue to investigate by interviewing people over the last 12 months.

“I believe there are people who know what happened to Ms. Blair and why it occurred,” Lane told WMAR-2 News.

If you have any information that could help police solve the Lynda Blair case, please call the Harford County Sheriff’s Office at (410)-838-6600. You can also submit an anonymous tip in this link.