Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 03/17/1976
- Missing From:
- Missing From Laytonville, California
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 02/06/1926 (98)
- Age:
- Age 50 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’8, 165 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Gray hair, blue eyes. Leach’s nickname is Bill. He has a dog bite scar on his face. He also uses the name Frederick Donald Leach and some agencies refer to him by that name.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On March 17, 1976, a man named Leach vanished from his home near Laytonville, California. His house was a mess – broken into, things stolen, but dinner was still on the table. Lots of his stuff was gone, including several cars and motorcycles he owned. Leach was a mechanic and loved collecting vehicles.
His daughter later found blood stains all over his property – on a wall and a bloody chair in a bus on the land. She also found a strange picture of a goat’s head on a grave with Leach’s name written nearby.
Before he disappeared, Leach told a friend he’d been beaten up. He’d apparently had a fight with some people who were mad he wouldn’t sell them something. It’s not clear if this is connected to his disappearance, but it’s suspicious. He was close to paying off his property and about to retire.
Despite all this, nobody knows what happened to Leach. The case is still unsolved.
- Agency:
- Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office 707-463-4095
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 03/17/1976