Last Seen: December 3, 1983 at the Jax I-10 Truck Stop (Baldwin, Florida)

Paula Blackburn was hitchhiking and traveling South returning home to her husband and child after recently completing a trade school.  Witnesses stated on December 3, 1983, they observed her at the Jax I-10 truck stop (Baldwin, Fl), in the company of one individual described as: White male with a dark complexion, approximately twenty-five (25) years of age, 5’9” tall, 200 lbs, dark eyes, dark hair combed straight back with a receding hair line. She and the individual left together by an unknown means at approximately 6PM.  Paula Blackburn was estimated to have been murdered during the early hours of December 3, 1983.  Her body was discovered the following morning, December 4, 1983, behind Brandy Branch Baptist Church, Bryceville, Florida, approximately six miles from the Jax I-10 Truck Stop (Baldwin, Florida).