Peggy Anne Lerch, 25, Missing since August 14, 1982 from Columbus, OH
Peggy Anne Lerch
Missing since August 14, 1982 from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: October 15, 1957
Age at Time of Disappearance: 25 years old
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Lerch was last seen at an apartment in Columbus, Ohio on August 14, 1982. Peggy and Christopher Lerch had been at the apartment of William D. Wickline on August 14, 1982.
According to records, Wickline was using cocaine with the couple when he stabbed and decapitated Christopher and strangled Peggy during an argument over $6,000 in drug money.
He then cut up their bodies and disposed of them in dumpsters throughout the city of Columbus, according to investigators.
Wickline was executed for the murders on March 30, 2004.
Wickline was also indicted in West Virginia in April 1985 for the November 1979 decapitation of Charles Morgan Marsh.
The bodies of Peggy and Christopher Lerch were never found.
Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Columbus Police Department
614-645-4670
Source Information:
William Dean Wickline #906
March 2004 Executions
The Doe Network: Case File 1876DFOH
LINK:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1876dfoh.html
Peggy Anne Lerch
Missing since August 14, 1982 from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: October 15, 1957
Age at Time of Disappearance: 25 years old
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Lerch was last seen at an apartment in Columbus, Ohio on August 14, 1982. Peggy and Christopher Lerch had been at the apartment of William D. Wickline on August 14, 1982.
According to records, Wickline was using cocaine with the couple when he stabbed and decapitated Christopher and strangled Peggy during an argument over $6,000 in drug money.
He then cut up their bodies and disposed of them in dumpsters throughout the city of Columbus, according to investigators.
Wickline was executed for the murders on March 30, 2004.
Wickline was also indicted in West Virginia in April 1985 for the November 1979 decapitation of Charles Morgan Marsh.
The bodies of Peggy and Christopher Lerch were never found.
Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Columbus Police Department
614-645-4670
Source Information:
William Dean Wickline #906
March 2004 Executions
The Doe Network: Case File 1876DFOH
LINK:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1876dfoh.html