Harold Leach died last week at age 79 not knowing the fate of his son, Randy Leach, whose disappearance nearly 33 years ago remains a mystery.
Media accounts published after 17-year-old Randy Leach vanished with his mother s car in April 1988 suggested he d been killed by members of a Satanic cult after attending a graduation party in rural Leavenworth County.
Relatives and friends hoped the mystery would be solved Wednesday as they watched live video on The Capital-Journal s Facebook page showing a submerged car being pulled out of Lake Perry. Please let this be Randy s car God, Julie Jack-Spencer wrote in a comment on that page. This is my step cousin. Family needs some kind of closure.
Pursuit results in arrest
The Leavenworth Times
A Leavenworth County man was arrested after he allegedly fled from deputies in a stolen vehicle, according to the undersheriff.
The incident began at 2:45 p.m. Monday when the Leavenworth County Sheriff s Office received a report of the theft of a Ford F-350 from a residence in the area of 243rd Street near Ragtown Road.
Authorities located what was believed to be the stolen pickup truck, which was traveling east on Dempsey Road, according to Undersheriff Jim Sherley.
A deputy attempted to stop the truck, but the driver reportedly drove away at a high rate of speed. The deputy pursued the vehicle.
Storm produces more than 5 inches of snow
The Leavenworth Times
Friday’s winter storm produced as much as 5.5 inches of snow in Leavenworth County, an emergency management official said.
Chuck Magaha, director of Leavenworth County Emergency Management, said the storm also produced freezing rain for about one hour. He said this resulted in about 0.1 of an inch of freezing rain.
He said about 3.5 inches of snow fell south of Basehor. West of the Jarbalo area, there was a report of about 5.5 inches of snow. Closer to the city of Leavenworth, snow totals were closer to four inches.
“It was a good heavy, wet snow,” Magaha said.