A married couple in their 80s who disappeared after leaving a family Thanksgiving gathering in Texas were found dead days later in rural New Mexico, and their family believes they became lost on the way home.
Linda and Gary Lightfoot were driving back to their home in Lubbock, Texas, after celebrating Thanksgiving with relatives in Panhandle when they were reported missing after failing to arrive. Five days later, their bodies were discovered in a remote area of Quay County, New Mexico, according to statements from the Carson County (Texas) Sheriff’s Office and the Quay County (New Mexico) Sheriff’s Office.
“We don’t have much additional information about what happened other than what law enforcement has shared,” relative Barbara Scheller said Thursday, Dec. 4…