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Kimberly Leach

Case from Lake City, FL dated Feb 09, 1978

Victim Details

Kimberly Leach

Female

White / Caucasian

Lake City

FL

1978-02-09

12

Kimberly

Leach

06/24/2026

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On a cold and rainy February morning in 1978, 12-year-old Kimberly Diane Leach, a white female, was dropped off at Lake City Junior High School by her mother. It was February 9th, and after a brief chat with a friend, Kimberly headed to her first-period class. Soon after, she was sent back to her homeroom to get a purse she had forgotten. She was never seen alive again. Eyewitnesses later reported seeing a man leading a young girl to a white van that had been circling the school.

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  • Murder of Kimberly Leach - Wikipedia
  • Remembering Kimberly Leach, 12, Ted Bundy's last victim
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