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Hazel Jamessa Renee Leach

Case from Whiteville, NC dated Feb 21, 2022

Victim Details

Hazel Jamessa Renee Leach

Female

Black / African American

Whiteville

NC

2022-02-21

28

Hazel

Jamessa Renee Leach

07/01/2026

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Hazel Jamessa Renee Leach, a 28-year-old woman from Whiteville, North Carolina, was found dead on February 21, 2022. The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on McMillan Road in Whiteville, where they discovered Hazel Leach deceased on a bed with a gunshot wound to the head. The investigation quickly identified Lawrence Thomas, a 69-year-old man from Elizabethtown, as a person of interest. Thomas and Leach were reportedly in a relationship.

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  • https://www.wect.com: Victim identified in fatal shooting in Columbus Co.
  • https://www.wect.com: Columbus County Sheriff’s Office investigating shooting death as homicide
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