The Odessa Lust Murders Part Two: Gloria

On June 17, 1971, 26-year-old Gloria Sue Green vanished from her desk at O&L Well Service on Odessa’s busy Kermit Highway. Her purse, shoes, and open ledger were left behind, frozen in time. A single mother known for her reliability, Gloria had no reason to walk away — and within hours, deputies feared she’d been taken.

Witnesses confirmed she was calmly working as late as 2:30 p.m. Thirty minutes later, she was gone. No struggle was heard. No one saw her leave. In broad daylight, in a corridor of active businesses, Gloria disappeared without a trace.

Her disappearance came during a terrifying pattern in the Permian Basin. In the years leading up to Gloria’s case, multiple women had been abducted and murdered, their bodies dumped in the desert. By the summer of 1971, lawmen openly feared a serial killer was operating in West Texas.

While helicopters and search teams combed the oilfields and ranchlands, investigators focused on a former employee of Gloria’s office — Johnny Meadows. He had known her, borrowed a knife the day she vanished, and drove a car matching one seen at her workplace. When arrested, Meadows attempted to slash his wrists and claimed he had nothing to hide.

As suspicion closed in, law enforcement believed they were finally getting close to the truth — until Meadows slipped out of their grasp.

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