Jerry Leone (District Attorney)

Linda was a passionate advocate.

First and foremost, it was a dedication to her patients and especially high-risk OBGYN patients.

In 1993, Dr. Stryker and Dr. Gowdy had a relationship that lasted approximately four and a half to five years.

Our office was notified on October 4th, 1993, it was a Monday, that there was a body found in a gray Saab in Lot A, which is on New England Medical Hospital.

Investigation ensued.

We realized very quickly who it was, that it was Dr. Linda Gowdy.

The cause of death being manual strangulation in combination with a lot of other factors lead us to believe that Linda knew her killer.

There was a development that I could consider in a case which has gone unsolved for now 15 years.

How could I be blamed for something as terrible as this?

Oh, we can solve this case.

I intend to solve this case.

Dr. Stryker has been named as a suspect in Gowdy's death.

The cause of death being manual strangulation, in combination with a lot of other factors and evidence that we've developed, led us to believe and continues to lead us to believe that Linda knew her killer.

You know, in that way, what we know to be true is that Dr. Stryker and Dr. Gowdy, during the course of their relationship, had some physical confrontations.

And at times, it resulted in some injury to Linda.

The Longaro homicide remains unsolved.

That eats at me, and it eats at our investigative team, because we know that somebody could literally get away with murder.

This is and always was a circumstantial case, but we build circumstantial cases all of the time.

What was going on inside?

Did you feel anger towards her?