MO LEO & KATHERINE LINDEMAN: Missing from Anderson, MO - 16 Sept 2026 - Age 73 & 74

“It Looks Like They Just Left”: Search Continues for Missing Missouri Couple

Leo and Katherine Lindeman were reported missing on Sept. 24 from their home in Anderson, Missouri.

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Missouri deputies search for missing married couple Leo and Katherine Lindeman near Anderson​

Investigators are searching for a married couple who are missing from rural southwest Missouri.

Leo and Katherine Lindeman were last in contact with someone on Sept. 16, 2026, near Anderson, Missouri, according to the McDonald County Sheriff's Office. They were reported missing Sept. 24, 2026.

Leo Lindeman, 73, is 5'7" and weighs 145 pounds. Katherine Lindeman, 74, is 5'2" and weighs 150 pounds.

A small dog owned by Leo and Katherine is also missing.

McDonald County Sheriff Rob Evenson says a neighbor became concerned after checking on the couple and finding their home empty.

The neighbor called 911, prompting deputies to conduct a preliminary search of the property.

Evenson says investigators later obtained a search warrant for the home and conducted a more extensive search.

About 20 dog search teams searched the Lindemans’ property and adjacent areas, looking for evidence of a struggle, forced entry or other signs that something may have happened to the couple.

Investigators did not find anything unusual.

“It looks as if they just left,” Evenson said. “We’re still hopeful. There’s no concrete evidence that something bad happened to them.”

Investigators also found the couple’s vehicle and their only known cell phone still at the home.

The sheriff says the couple’s front door and windows were open when investigators arrived, but that was not necessarily unusual.

“These folks didn't have air conditioning, so apparently it was not out of character for them,” Evenson said. “That’s what they did to ventilate the home.”

Investigators are continuing to examine evidence from inside the home, including the phone and a computer. They are also reviewing financial records and bank accounts as they try to determine what happened to the couple.

Evenson says leaving the property on foot would have been difficult because of the terrain.

“I wouldn't leave on foot,” he said. “It's very rough. Heavily wooded, with very steep hollows.”

media:LEO & KATHERINE LINDEMAN: Missing from Anderson, MO - 16 Sept 2026 - Age 73 & 74

 

[Kimster]

Looks like their disappearance is still being investigated, even though I've seen some people concerned it hasn't been taken seriously enough.

 

[Guess Who]

Sadly, they're is no way to make sure everything was searched because of the terrain there.

 

[Guess Who]

Looks like their disappearance is still being investigated, even though I've seen some people concerned it hasn't been taken seriously enough.

I'm not sure if that area is equipped to do much themselves. It's very rural and most of the economy is the float trip and fishing industry.

 

[Kimster]

What a mystery. I would be certain they got lost while out walking the dog, or maybe they couldn't find the dog and went looking for her. However, the "Amish people" story sounds too strange to ignore.

 

[Guess Who]

What a mystery. I would be certain they got lost while out walking the dog, or maybe they couldn't find the dog and went looking for her. However, the "Amish people" story sounds too strange to ignore.

They were old enough that I doubt they ventured very far that they haven't been found by now with all of the search entities they've now had.

The amish story bothers me, too. Especially when it's said she met them at a laundromat . They don't use electrical appliances.

 

[Kimster]

They were old enough that I doubt they ventured very far that they haven't been found by now with all of the search entities they've now had.

The amish story bothers me, too. Especially when it's said she met them at a laundromat . They don't use electrical appliances.

I saw one comment on FB that they were "former Amish", so who knows? The whole take is unverified at this point.

 

[Guess Who]

I saw one comment on FB that they were "former Amish", so who knows? The whole take is unverified at this point.

I'm talking about the couple that they were supposedly giving the house to. This couple did seem to live as if they were possibly formerly amish and moved there later.