CA CA - Frederick 'Bill' Leach, 49, Laytonville, 17 March 1976

Frederick Donald LEACH
alias William Donald LEACH, Bill LEACH
Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Case# 76-0715
Date of birth: 6 December 1926.

Basics

Bill Leach is a white male, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 165 pounds, with gray hair and blue eyes. He had a tanned face with a scar on right side from an animal bite.

He was living in his home a mile south of Laytonville CA when he vanished. He was last seen by his son on 17 March 1976 in Laytonville.

The Charley Project:
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/l/leach_william.html

Background

Bill Leach was a mechanic, car and motorcycle collector, and heavy equipment operator. He was seen limping just before his disappearance. He told a questioner that he had been beaten because he refused to sell some of his collectibles.

The Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal, 21 February 1977: https://www.newspapers.com/image/2158974

The Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal, 17 & 20 February 1976: https://www.newspapers.com/image/2372707

The Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal, 30 March 1976 (ran repeatedly on other dates): https://www.newspapers.com/image/2379485

Later on 17 March 1976, Bill's friend called his daughter to report him missing. Dinner dishes and food were still on his table, and the house had been looted. Gone from the premises was a 1960s Ford Falcon, two Willys jeeps, a Harley Davidson motorcycle and a Suzuki motorcycle. His white 5 door station wagon was also missing. Two big trucks reportedly loaded up Bill's goods.

Bill Leach's premises were not processed as a crime scene; MCSO categorizes him as missing. However, his daughter reported blood stains on one wall of his home. An armchair covered by a sheet saturated in blood was in an old bus that was on the property. A second building on Leach's place contained a picture of a goat's head, with a cross on a grave, and marked with Bill Leach's name.

Although initially dissatisfied with LE response, the family later became close to the detective assigned to Bill Leach's case.

No dental X-rays are available.

LE contact information

Information concerning this case may be called in to the MCSO Tipline at 707-234-2100. Their Investigative Services Bureau may be emailed at barneys@co.mendocino.ca.us. The Sheriff's Office can also be reached at 951 Low Gap Road, Ukiah, CA 95482.

National Missing Persons Directory:
http://www.missingin.org/reg3016/frederick_donald_leach.htm
also
http://www.missingin.org/reg7865/william_donald_leach.htm

Mendocino County Sheriff's Office: http://www.mendocinosheriff.com/missing/

California Dept of Justice website: http://dojapp.doj.ca.gov/missing/detail.asp?FCN=3319314732712

The Doe Network: http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1893dcma.html

CUE Center for Missing Persons: http://www.ncmissingpersons.org/frederick-donald-leach/

PorchlightUSA website: http://z13.invisionfree.com/PorchlightUSA/ar/t16019.htm

Memorial website: http://memorialwebsites.legacy.com/tomjondahl/Subpage.aspx?mod=5&ID=33595

Bumping

Additional photo

William Leach : CUE Center for Missing Persons – Serving Missing Persons Nationwide

Frederick Donald Leach

Can find no new information for Mr. Leach. Just bumping to let the family know that he has not been forgotten.

Mr. Leach would be 95 in 2021.....if he is still alive...not very likely...but you never know.

William Donald Leach – The Charley Project

Leach was last seen in Laytonville, California on March 17, 1976. He lived approximately one mile south of the city at the time of his disappearance.

After he went missing, his house was found ransacked with dinner laid out on the table. Many items had been stolen, including several vehicles: a 1960s Ford Falcon, two Willy's PU Jeeps, a Suzuki motorcycle and a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Leach worked as a mechanic and had an extensive collection of cars and motorcycles. He has never been heard from again.

According to Leach's daughter, blood spatters were found on his property after his disappearance. She stated one wall was stained with blood and, in a bus parked on the property, there was an armchair covered with a sheet, saturated in fresh blood. Leach's daughter also stated in a second house on his land, she found a picture of a goat's head with a cross on a grave and words, including Leach's name.

Not long before his disappearance, one of Leach's friends noticed him limping and asked why, and Leach stated he'd been beaten. He was allegedly in a dispute with some people who were angry because he refused to sell them items they wanted.

It's unclear whether any of this has anything to do with Leach's disappearance, but he is missing under suspicious circumstances. His property had nearly been paid off before his disappearance and he was looking forward to his upcoming retirement. Few details are available in his case.

Maybe follow the Mendocino county goat cheese makers, existing since the day he went missing?

To many missing......

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poor man so close to fulfilling a great dream of his own house I have the impression that he was tortured when he died since he was limping ... and of the stolen vehicles there is no information ... there are so many envious in the world they are the worst ....

Frederick Donald Leach, also known as Bill Leach, was last seen March 17, 1976 in Laytonville. He is 5-foot-8, 165 pounds with gray hair and blue eyes. Anyone with information about Leach’s location is asked to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office at 707-463-4095 and reference case number 760715.

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