The Vanishing of Leigh Occhi
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The mother's story is full of holes. She claims it to be her first time leaving Leigh home alone... yet not only are there stories from the neighbors of Leigh being home alone before, but she even had a special way of calling Leigh when home alone. Not to mention that while everyone was looking, the mother told Leigh's father that she simply ran away.
Leaving Leigh alone in the house for the very first time. And she vanishes. This is unbelievably suspicious.
It's always suspicious when a child disappears, isn't it?
You can vanish in a matter of seconds so certainly an awful lot can end up happening within an hour and unfortunately something truly horrifying happened to Leigh I hope that this case gets solved and that her perpetrator is brought to justice
well said.
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@@egomod lmao a run on rambling sentence is “well said”? Jfc
@@Tsumami__ oh, grow up.
@@Tsumami__ omg… really? I bet you’re a fuckin’ nerd., huh? I’m not bein’ a dick by asking that… well I’m not TRYING to be a dick. I’d also like to know how many friends you have? That’s all. Thank you.
Was my grammar good enough for this TH-cam comments section??? Please correct any mistakes I made.
Once again, fucking nerd.
Thank you. ✌🏾
The mother knows more than she is saying.
I'm convinced she has something to do with it. I keep coming back to this video. Others have done Leigh Occhis "disappearance" (Murder) and thd only other channel to go into as much depth with compassion like this is Cayleigh Elise who no longer has her Dark Matters TH-cam channel. Vicki is extremely suspicious
Absolutely!!
The increasing numbers of cold cases that have been solved in the past couple of years certainly gives hope to this one let's hope that this will be one of those cases that get solved
Those are DNA cases, the perpetrators were unknown strangers, in this case, even if u can get DNA retest it won’t help as it’s their family home, the presence of the mother’S DNA prove nothing
Agreed! I grew up where Kristen Smart went missing (a famous cold case about a missing and murdered college student out of San Luis Obispo, CA) was finally solved last year and the guy finally gets sentenced march 10th :)
@@emo_penguin420 it wasn’t solved, I heard the Flores are going to appeal, and I hate to say this, the jury just went rogue and decided he’s guilty with no evidence to substantiate the charge. Where’s the body? Where the weapon?
Lets hope they ALL get solved. This one is no more or no less important than any other. Better yet, let us all hope that these incidents stop happening altogether.
But I think her own mother had something to do with it
@@emo_penguin420 AG resident here. 🙋♀️
I love the remastered piano music intro!
Excellent narration as always. I don’t like the fake photos that don’t relate to the people in the stories being presented.
Whomever did this clearly KNEW the habits of the house. NO ONE ELSE would have bothered to put the nightgown in the laundry basket, even if they clearly saw it there. They would have just thrown it wherever without care. Throwing it in the laundry basket was a reflex borne out of repetitively doing it daily over time. It was likely an unconscious act that resulted in a big "Homer" DUH! once he realized what he had done. How this act didn't scream of his guilt is beyond me!
I think leigh was wearing the nightgown when her mom left, as then she changed clothes in between when she left and when her kidnapper arrived.
@@erinwhipple4666 That's not it cause the nightgown was bloodied.
I suggest that the package be retested for touch DNA as well as her night gown. Things that the perp may have touched. The Mvac may yield results. Just because the main suspect is deceased doesn't mean that we shouldn't solve this, at least for the family. Perhaps if funding is needed crowd source the finances needed. This deserves a fresh look with new eyes. This is just my opinion, perhaps together we can brainstorm a viable solution to this mystery.
I live around the area she lived. I go to the same school she did, and one of my past teachers was a classmate of hers. She was most likely abused by someone in her family. One time she showed up to school with bruises on her face, which she blamed on the horses. Someone also came to talk to their class about her. and to not ask question abt it.
I agree with the father, Vicky killed her daughter and then set it up to look like someone else entered the home. Sometimes it’s the simplest answer that is the right one.
Not enough time, and where’s the body?
@@sheldoneasy8602 Vicky lived with Leigh. She could have killed her any time leading up to that morning and disposed of the body. Vicky says that Leigh was ok when she left and she was only gone for one hour. Not many people could have broken into the house, killed the victim, attempted to clean up and the move the body in one hour. Vicky did it all and went back home after only being at work for an hour to stage it.
@@staceytheresatammytinataco5488remember the blood? It’s not dry when people were there, if like u said she was killed before Vicky had gone to work, blood would be dry off by that time
@@sheldoneasy8602 hmm, good point. I think it would depend where the blood was located and how saturated it was. The video doesn’t say the smears of blood were wet or dry and pools of blood would take longer to dry. I still think Vicky did it. She had the easiest opportunity to do so. Many times it’s someone in the family who does the deed. So coincidental that it was the first day she was left by herself. She came home after only a short time. Just enough time to establish some type of alibi. Who would know that Leigh was going to be by herself? And to attack at that specific time. The bio father believes it is either Vicki or Barnie.
the pool of blood would be dried no matter what since what u claimed above was not only Vicky killed her, but she needs to dispose the body also, things get harder as the hurricane was coming. It can’t be Barney, Vicky has no reason to cover things up for him and if Vicky was the one who killed Leigh, she won’t ask someone she just broke up with to cover it up.
Well, I'd have a hard look at Vicky. Leigh left alone "for the first time" in a storm, only a 20 minute window (allegedly) before Vicky came home -- time enough to hide the body. The "package" -- who could find all that stuff in a short time and bundle it up except for a family member? The dogs losing the scent in the driveway -- because the body and the killer left in a car, which no one saw? Except for Vicky's of course. And the nightgown in the hamper. Very thoughtful of the kidnapper.
The kidnapper had to be known to the family. This was Leigh's 1st time being left alone. They knew what time her mom left for work. No forced entry so Leigh felt comfortable to let this person into the home... I pray her parents get the closure and able to give her a proper burial. For the one who did this to this young girl... you will get what you deserve. Maybe not on earth but you will receive God's wrath.
Her mother killed her.
I have to agree with the father in that the time frame doesn't work for what was done.
Pretty sure it was the mum that killed her in a rage and got lucky with the flooding washing her body away 😢
If your god cared he wouldn’t have let this happen
This is ludicrous. Yes I’m sure a random assailant would be aware of the fact that the child was being left alone the first time.
Ugh your channel is literally my favorite!! I'm from Saudi Arabia and it's now my bed time but I've got my priorities straight which is watching your videos lol! Thank you for your incredible effort🤍
I always appreciate the narrator’s delivery of the cases.
I wonder what the odds are that the The first time you leave your child at home something ends up happening to them that just sounds suspicious to me
Such a heartbreaking case
I live in Tupelo and her house is just a mile from mine behind the Walmart, nobody here even mentions this case. Basically forgotten.
I’m from the area too. The people who talk about it seem to believe it was Vicky & there’s the rumor about Leigh being buried under some buildings that were under construction.
@@pyrettablaze4325 I agree, it's usually the obvious suspect. I'm not from here originally, I moved here to work at the hospital in 2019.
Since then I heard how much Tupelo has changed and if she's buried under a building she could be anywhere, and if so many buildings have been demolished and rebuilt I'd imagine she would be found by now. She's either still in Tupelo or somewhere out in the boonies.
This is absolutely heartbreaking. I'm definitely going to keep the family in my prayers.
Great job telling this horrific story as always.
God bless 👑🙏🕊🩵🩵
I find the mother calling home soon after leaving suspicious like trying to create an alibi
Because mom had just learned that a storm, which she thought was passing them by, was in fact going to hit the neighborhood after all? I was what was once called a "latchkey" kid, and my mom 100% would have called me in that situation.
Thank you! I always enjoy your content.
Such a beautiful girl a tragedy all round
This is so strange... No answers... I feel for the family 😥
This is such a sad case.
Much appreciation for these videos. They always seem really well researched and an ethical way to share the stories of the victims.
There are a few channels that are so disrespectful of the victims. Murder isn't quirky and fun.
To identify that skull as hers to only later retract that is awful…
Horrifying! I've never heard of that happening before. Mistakenly assuming? I can imagine that, but misidentifying the skull AFTER they've compared the dental records? ?? Ghastly...
Occhi is the Italian word for eyes - how interesting in a case where no one has set eyes on this young lady for 30 years!
What's even more interesting is how do you get an Italian who's a Lutheran?
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So sad. RIP.
You have a terrific channel,love that you use real pics of real people and places in the crime story,
Polygraphs aren't reliable though
We know from many cases that an hour is more than enough time to commit a crime like this, I'm also sure that blood from a violent assaut the previous night would not be hard to distinguish from blood that was only an hour old.
It really does point to the mother a lot I think, but I don't have all the facts. Seems like whoever did this will go unpunished.
Agreed. I think everything is pointing to the mother, but that said, innocent until proven guilty. I’m certainly not going to say SHE DID IT when she could very well just be an innocent mother grieving.
@@smvfc Absolutely. There's quite enough people getting their lives ruined from mere accusations as it is. In fact I think I could do with a lot less of it.
RIP little Leigh
This is an excellent channel, so well documented and narrated
Almost as concerning as whoever named a street "Honey Locust"
Where was the letter postmarked from?
Such a tragic case. I'm just lost on what could be her mother's motive, if she is truly responsible. Yes, Vicky failed polygraph tests, but those are notoriously unreliable. As for why she returned home so quickly, a mother's intuition is a very real phenomenon that unfortunately just can't hold up in court. Given that it was Lee's first time staying by herself and there being a severe weather alert, I can't find it surprising or suspicious that a mother would want to return home to see if her child is ok, especially after Lee didn't pick up the phone. If Vicky was in a former relationship with an alleged abuser and ok with seeing that abuse being carried out on her daughter, I doubt she would have left that relationship in the first place. To me, it sounds like Oscar Kearns is more likely. He was a convicted violent predator, was familiar with and had targeted Lee in the past, and would have been someone who she probably trusted enough to open the door for. If Vicky is innocent, and imo I think she is, I cannot imagine the trauma of losing your daughter in such a unmistakably violent way on the first time you leave her alone, and then being accused of being the one responsible.
While it's common to think that there is a very real thing known as a "mother's intuition", it's actually a wives' tale. It's just more common for mothers to worry, but we get it wrong most of the time. There were circumstances surrounding the situation that would have caused more worry - the storm, first time being left home alone, etc.
I've heard much more information on other channels. I don't remember the details, but believe it had something to do with the timing of the phone calls, the age of the blood, her clothing, and some suspicious behavior by the mother.
It's possible that her ex boyfriend killed Leigh and then called her at work. She might have decided to leave immediately and then cover for him. Also, all of that could have happened the night before and there was a scheme concocted where she would show up at work for a few minutes and then use her daughter as an excuse to leave a few minutes afterward. I think the info I heard on other channels gave a hint as to a motive the mother might have had.
It's also very odd that she did not tell the father that the house was a blood bath. Leigh was the apple of his father's eye. I could be wrong, but I want to say that he would not have agreed to let her stay home alone and said he would have taken time off work if he had known. Don't quote me on that though because it's been a long time since I saw the other videos.
Whatever the case, there is a young girl who was robbed of her future. 💔
Seriously, get out of here with that mothers intuition garbage. If it was her father, everyone in the comments would be accusing him of being guilty. But because Vickie is a middle class white woman, magically everything suspicious she did is written off by some of you. It’s insane.
Typically with mothers having motives to getting rid of their kids is mainly they don’t want them anymore. They don’t want the responsibility and want freedom. Other motives include life insurance which doesn’t seem to be motive at all in this case.
Sometime it’s revenge against the father of the child. Sometimes the mother hates, resents and hates the child.
There were cases were a crazy religious mother and her partner killed her two children so she could be free from them and be in the cult.
Which was crazy because she could of given them up to the dad.
Another one was a mother who was last scene with her young son and she claimed she gave him away. He was never found and assumed dead because she didn’t want the father to have custody so she killed him. Hid the body and later took her own life
The issue is there is little evidence, no body. No known motive, and the mother give give a good lead of some other known guy in their area could of been the killer.
Well said. The crime is almost beyond belief.
The inventor spent years trying to discredit his machine because he knew it was unreliable because all it would take is blood pressure problems, heart problems, or breathing problems to get a false positive or negative
Such a tragic story. Thank you for sharing 🧡
So sad.
It's a very sad case. Poor Leigh. Tragic end to a young life.
No-one else's DNA was found in the house? Seems rather odd.
It is someone that family knows. Someone close enough to know that Leigh was going to be alone for the first time that day. Seems like Leigh must have let them inside, not suspecting a thing. I shudder to think about what that innocent little girl endured. Hope to god they find this monster and throw the -book- *entire library* at them.
That guy Mike sounds very suspicious.
Another fantastic video thank you
I remember when Cayleigh Elise covered this case. I don't recall if she focused on the mom's boyfriend as much, but it seems clear that he's an extremely likely suspect. Though I have my suspicions about the mother's involvement, too. I once lost my toddler for a few seconds, and it did not take me most of an hour to search the house for her. When your kid is missing, you can get that done in under a minute. Now, I don't know how long the trip from work back to the house was, but we know it's got to be somewhere in the neighborhood of fifteen minutes to half an hour in those weather conditions because that's roughly how long it had been since she last saw Leigh before calling. So, you're telling me this woman called home, got no answer, let's be generous and say that it took half an hour to get home, and she then spent the rest of the half-hour searching that very ordinary-sized house for her kid before calling the cops? Nope, something fishy happened.
The mother claims it was her first time leaving Leigh alone, yet the neighbors say otherwise, and the fact she had a special way of calling Leigh when home alone.
While everyone was looking for Leigh, her mother told the father that nothing was wrong, just that Leigh might have run off, plus the people in town saying her mother was seen at a car wash the night before.
Ok I'm confused. I thought she was at work for an hour before deciding to go home, and only spent a few minutes looking before calling police.
@@crochetingcanuck She got to work, immediately called Leigh because she felt something was wrong, no answer, then left work a little later because the storm had come and she couldn't remember if she left the door open.
It is the stories of missing or murdered children that are the absolute worst.
Where have you gone in life that you have entered the gutterhole to the point of killing a Child??😢
Rest In Peace little 🐎 lover
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Why would the grandparents be travelling to pick up their granddaughter Leigh in a bad storm?🤔
Why WOULDN'T they feel compelled to pick her up/come stay with her so that she wouldn't be alone in a big storm? My grandpa would have been 💠compelled💠 to do that, knowing I was home alone❣
So tragic Vicky got away with murdering her daughter. I hope some form of justice comes to her.
This mother is more than suspicious!! Why on EARTH wouldn't she mention anything about the blood smeared all over the house when she spoke to Leigh's father?!? That woman is pure evil.
This is certainly one of the craziest stories ever!
I was quick!
This is heart breaking!
Such a sad lesson to never turn your back let alone leave for that long.
That long? She was a 13 year old girl who was going to be home alone for an hour. At that age girls in the 90’s we were babysitting 3 and 4 kids, well past dark while the parents went out to dinner and a movie. At Leigh’s age, 13 is plenty old enough to be home alone for a few hours.
@@chronic_payne5669 right? This comment comes from a pretty sheltered mind. Also, kinda victim blame-y. People shouldn’t murder kids. Whether they’re sleeping in the room next to their parents (happens) or whether they are home alone for a few hours, or whether they are playing in some playground somewhere. My son is 12, he hangs out at home by himself regularly, because he would prefer that, than to follow me around the shops, or come walk the dog with me. I myself am a few years younger than Leigh, but grew up in the 90’s and was home by myself a heck tonne, from about 7yrs old.
A very sad and heartbreaking tale.
not saying it was vicky, but if it was her, it would make sense for her to send an enigmatic clue to get the investigators off her neck
Excellent coverage of this sad case. Leigh's parents must continually grieve. Surely her mother didn't kill her.
She did.
We don't know that. She had very odd behavior following her daughter's disappearance. For starters, why not tell the father that the house was a blood bath?? There were other details left out of this video, but I don't remember what they were.
Kidnappers should be in prison for life with no parole until they die and they can’t do it again. This guy was let out and he did it again. Who knows if he committed other crimes
Poor girl. Rest in peace. Quite a few clues are given in this case. First the hurricane. Would a stranger bother attacking in such weather conditions? How could the perpetrator possibly have known that there was a little girl left without childcare? People usually look after themselves in such circumstances, worry about others and stay together. I find it very unlikely for any stranger to strike on that day. Well, never say never.
Secondly, why the heck someone would have sent the binoculars to the stepfather? What's behind it? Why not send them to the mother or biological father? There's something behind it.
I don't like to point fingers at anyone but from the very beginning, it looked obvious to me that it was someone from the circle of the girl's relatives. I would say the mother and if the mother didn't send those glasses then I would check if the stepfather had no enemies. I find it strange that one sent them to the stepfather instead of someone else. Doesn't make any sense. You only do it if you want to point to someone, turn attention or show that everything happened because of them. I just hope that this case will be finally solved. Regards
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She was a lovely girl; may she RIP
All these locals waited until her disappearance too come forward with child abuse allegations against her. How did that help her?
I just can't imagine going through this. Your daughter, your miracle little girl! Gone. And injured. I'd be literally sick with worry. Terrifying.
Very interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing with the amounts of blood found... They weren't able to find anyone else's
Poor leigh.. must have been brutal and the ultimate betrayal. Mothers are supposed to protect you. Vicky is my main poi.
Wow! Another one of my favorite channels uploads today too!? It's a little early for my birthday but I'll take it 😉 Thanks for all your hard work Dark Curiosities, much love to you ❤️ What an awful case, rest in peace sweet girl, I hope Leigh's loved ones find closure.
Leigh🙏❤
Her mom seems a bit suspicious in my opinion
"...the weight weighing over them..."
I keep saying these judges keep letting these animal's out so what we have more killings over n over again.
But the kidnapper never killed anyone as far as we know. It's like the mom just conveniently found someone to blame.
The mother. Seems like she is one of the large group of women that envy/hate their own daughter. Why they do I don't exactly know but my best guess is that when their daughter is young and growing into a young woman they hate it because they feel old and don't get attention like they used to. I believe there are many unsolved murders out there that could be solved if they simply would look at the women that were involved with the victim more closely.
Agreed.
Same thing that came across my mind. This could have been staged
That's what my old boss was like. She liked her own kids to be miserable so she could swoop in and feel important.
@Brian Allison What a truly bizarre idea. Is this something that men routinely think of doing to their sons??
@@bkitteh6295 yup. I've known guys whose dad's forced then to play hockey to live vicariously through them. Maybe it's the male version of what op is saying?
Her Dad believing she was killed the nught before is wrong or the blood wouldn't have been wet which would've been very suspicious! Plus any innocent person can fail a lie detector test which is why they're not admissable in court. Not defending that Vicki is innocent but just stating facts. She also wasn't reported to have any wounds on her either which their most likely would've been. Ppl can be killed or taken from their homes in under 5min but my question is who all knew Leigh was going to be home alone that morning? That's where I would start looking!
Watching Monday, 2/27, at 5.30PM (central time), and no audio with this video. :/ Never experienced this before on this channel. I'll try to watch again tomorrow and hopefully there'll be sound. Thanks.
;) Re-visited this video at 5.50PM, on 2/27, and there's now audio. :) Love your channel.
I can understand the shoes and glasses being noticeably gone and even the set of clothes...but a sleeping bag? I wonder where it was originally stored that Vicki noticed that it was even gone. If my husband were to suddenly go missing and I'm asked if anything is missing besides him, I'm not so sure that I would notice his 'dove bucket' missing from the corner of the spare bedroom closet....you know? I'm guessing Leigh was removed from the house inside that sleeping bag! Find the sleeping bag and you would have/will have found her body. Why was her gown in the dirty clothes basket? Sorry, that seems like somewhere a woman would put it...versus a man. I'm confused by the narrator's wording at 2:25....she says 'Vicki made the call to go into work that day'. What does that mean? Did Vicki make the decision to actually work that day...or...did Vicki get called into work when she wasn't expecting to work that day? In either case, I don't think Vicki intended for Leigh to be left alone. If that was truly the first time she'd been left alone at home, that must mean that she usually accompanied her Mama to work, had someone stay with her at the house or was dropped off with another adult, right? I think Leigh didn't want to get up and go with her that morning, especially if her Grandparents were going to take her somewhere later. I think they argued and Vicki became physical with her. Might have hit her and bloodied her nose, causing the blood on her gown. Made her change clothes and then...it escalated into something worse. I honestly think Vicki killed her that morning and used work as her alibi and had to call home to set the 'she's missing and something bad happened' in motion.
Yup totally agree! something inside her just snapped…seen a lot on this case & instinct is just telling me ex-military mom/family dispute/ definitely a control freak with her only daughter. Leigh might’ve been an argumentative kid but Vicki was a calculative, self-entitled individual.
Vicki is my main poi
Sad, sad story. I feel so bad about children getting kidnapped and murdered.
If Donald knows who is responsible why doesn't he say who it is
Bcoz he has no proofs, what he knows means nothing, and we all know who did this anyway
is it just me or did you guys tweak your intro music??
So they never did find her body? How horrible. I hope they did a thorough search through Mike’s house including hidden rooms and doors and walls and basements etc.
7:15 EVIL EYE STOCK FOOTAGE ALERT
😂 Every episode and it always creeps me out! Then I pretend it is just an extreme closeup of Antonio Banderas being sexy and intense not terrifying and murderous. 😂
You can't even mention a polygraph in a US courtroom. The mere mention may even be grounds for a mistrial.
I think the father is spot on. The mother knows more than she is telling. I think it is likely that either by accident or on purpose, the mother killed her daughter the night before and spent that night covering her tracks. Then she got lucky that a storm washed away the scent for the dogs to track and that a local man committed a S.A crime against a girl the dame age.
Could the stepdad not have sent himself the glasses to make it not look like he was guilty?
Can anyone tell me the name of the plant with beautiful white flowers just after the glasses were received please?
Poor sweet angel!
It seems very sus is b looking at the mother 6minutes is not long for some stranger to take her, so either mother knows more or someone that new the family very well
parabens pelo video
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Evidence points at the Mother but it seems everyone wants to blame someone else.
Welcome to feminism.
I wonder why an outsider would have the trouble to clean the blood. Doesnt make any sense.
I hate the repetitive photos in each story however I love your narrative so I continue to watch😮
I think the mother did it because she blamed her daughter for the breakup in her relationship with the guy who was abusing her daughter.
Can anyone help me find a video? I'm sure it was this channel. It was a mystery about 2 men and a women who went missing during the 1940s i think, they were last seen in a dinner. They got into a car and were never seen again. Does any know what im talking about?!
It’s on this channel, The curious disappearance of the melvindale trio
@@user-zs2gh1o hey thanks!
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Leigh was a beautiful girl and it’s so sad that this happened and over 30 years later is still unsolved! 😢
Kearns.. 100%.. without a shadow of a doubt
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If Mike didn't do it you'd think he would at least say that. However, since he refused to speak with investigators about it , it seems almost a given he did it. Not to mention his other crimes making him more than a little suspicious.
I for one, do not believe it was Mom. That monster from the church is MUCH more likely and thanks to our ever bumbling justice system, he was given opportunity. Disgusting. That poor girl. May God be with her wherever she is, and taking "care" of her abductor as well. I'm sure he is reaping what he sowed in some fashion by now...thanks DC🙏💔🦌
Normally I wouldn't complain, but you used German WWII soldiers when talking about American Army soldiers.