It always breaks my heart thinking the parents of missing children sometimes end up looking for them longer than they got to have them in their lives physically.
Maybe in the grave. Bible clearly stated that no one have been up to heaven except the son that came down (Jesus). Also stated that no one will the gift till he returns (Jesus). Kinda makes me wonder why reference the Bible when clearly it doesn't state that. Well most don't read. This also shows evident they don't when they have pictures of a white Jesus with Goldie locks when it clearly stated he looked different. He was darker folks with hair of wool. And the crosses people wear. They was crucifying people way before Jesus. Hundreds one I think history stated. but I'm sure she'll be fine when he returns. But anyone who died is still in the ground until he returns. And if you don't believe just read the Bible. Knowledge is power. Most of these things people are prematurely saying are because people don't read. And been changed throughout the years. Go to church your pastor say a verse or two and talk the rest of the day. But there are churches that reads all the way through.
Being a child of the 80s/90s, and growing up in a small neighborhood, We had a lot of independence and freedom from a pretty young age (young as in 5 or 6). With no parental supervision, we were allowed to walk around or ride our bikes up and down the street and we really didn’t have any limits as to what we could do or where we could go as long as we stayed in our neighborhood. We would tell our parents where we were going initially but It was not uncommon at all for us to start at one friend’s house and end up at totally different place. Thinking about it today, it’s insane to think about how our parents normally had no idea where we were, what we were doing, or who we were with 95% of the time.
I remember those days! As long as we stayed within the confines of the neighborhood and didn't set foot on the road outside of it, we ran around like feral children and as long as we we returned home for dinner everything was fine!
its not that insane. All us did it so what is insane? To me, what is insane is children being forced to be cooped up in their homes all day with a tablet in their face for their so called safety. We are created sheltered and sick children that have no social or coping skills and also lack imagination.
Same here 😢 especially with our advances in technology and dna and everything now… it’s absolutely frightening that a whole person can just disappear… with no trace and no one can find them 😢
Yes it's crazy to me too but I have a 12 year old daughter and we lived in both very good neighborhoods and whats consider ghetto and she has been attempted kidnapped at least 3x and 2x was in whats considered the good neighborhood. Times are worse now. Keep an eye on your babies at all times! Mind you I was with her every time! People are sick and they won't stop till they get what they want. Sick bastards!! 🤬
The box of Barbie dolls given to her by a little old lady a couple of weeks beforehand, the pretending to run away to her 'new family' and the fact her body has never been found raises the hairs on my arm. I would have been looking into all the women in the area who had suffered the loss of a child in someway, whether through death or separation of some sort. Especially if they moved soon after the disappearance.
Yes! I thought this too! Was very weird that an old lady gave it to her and talk of another family. Maybe the old lady never was able to have kids or her daughter died? After watching so many lifetime movies (yes I know how that sounds) people even women are crazy.
All 3 of my kids are red headed with blue eyes and my sister has 3 kids all girls, the oldest and youngest have brown hair and brown eyes, middle daughter has red hair and blue eyes, looks nothing like sisters looks like me and my kids the point is there was a movie with Steve Martin when they were all growing up, his, mine and ours/cheaper by the dozen, something anyways that niece after seeing that movie with a red headed boy with glasses and freckles that everyone in the family called FedEx and joked FedEx dropped him off decided, she belonged to a family named the Furgesons and we haven't found them yet 😆😆
Such an interesting take on it! Never crossed my mind, I was so focused on the offenders in the area. The poor family, can't even imagine what they went through 😢
@@bubbles2215 basically that kids make things up and believe themselves sometimes, who knows where the Barbies really came from... My oldest son still says a stuffed frog peed on him when he had RSV and was hospitalized at 4, he's 30 🤯😂 my niece made up "the Furgesons" because she doesn't look like parents or either sibling
That poor mum would’ve felt every emotion in the book till the day of her last breath. It wasn’t the best decision, but it also wasn’t her fault. I hope she’s found peace x
I am sure that she has. If we are honest, we know that Leanna is no longer with us. They are now hopefully together. May God rest their souls and grant healing of soul and consolation to their loved ones. I don't know how any parent survives the trauma of losing a child in this way...and always wondering what has happened or is presently happening to their child. Lord have mercy. ☦️😢
@@denisebenedict6102 you do realize that there’s no evidence of her being dead either?? I don’t know what happened to her, Kendall doesn’t know, the police don’t know, and you certainly don’t either. I’m so sick of you armchair wannabe detectives.
To lose your child and live with that despair and sorrow then to fight to want to live and try to beat cancer just to have cancer beat and take you down... My heart breaks for Mom and I hope with everything in me, the afterlife is treating her better than living ever did! 💔 ❤️
To me, the 45 mins could be just her playing peacefully alone, and she was watched and stolen. That's why it seemed so fast. The person was watching her and had been for a while to ensure she was alone and not just playing away from a parent close by.
I was thinking she probably knocked on her friend’s door at the original time she left her home. Friend was already gone so she played for a while then circled back to knock on her friend’s door one more time before whatever took place between 5:15-5:30
Thank you for covering this case! I lived next door to Chris and Kaelin in 2006. Kaelin passed away from cancer recently, and now Leanna's sisters have taken over the search. I'm watching this now.
I was ten when Beaner went missing..I lived in Hibbing and was in Chisholm weekly because my grandparents lived there. I didn't know about Kaelin until just now. I hope she's at peace. My heart hurt so much for her.
As a note to all parents PLEASE listen to your babies. I know 90% of the time it’s silly, but just because their stories seem silly to us does not mean it isn’t real to them. Listen to their dreams, listen to their fears. There is absolute truth in what they say.
@@melaniemars155 I would hope so too considering they were neighbors of the girls, but you’d be surprised at how children around those ages can look the same, especially from afar
@@melaniemars155 omg honestly I am a kid-less adult who was also an only child and I legit cannot tell the difference of age for young kids. Just recently I found out a neighbor kid I thought was 10/12 was actually 7..
@@HautePinkFluffHim stating she won’t be found is the evidence. That’s a legal fact. He’s implying he knows here she is by saying she cannot be found. So logically he needs to be an absolute suspect per rational and reason. That’s called probable cause.
I think it's definitely interesting the things she said to her parents. When you put it all together it definitely does sound suspicious. I know as a mother myself, none of this would be an immediate cause for concern because kids do say these kinds of things. My kids have brought toys, bikes, and coins home that I did not give to them saying someone gave it to them. But if my kids ever went missing I'm sure I'd start overanalyzing every single thing. It could mean something, it could mean absolutely nothing. It's hard not to link every little detail to your missing child I'd imagine.
Yep. His statement of “ even if i did youll never find her” i wish they were allowed to rip apart his yard, the house, anything he touched. That is why he k!lled himself. He knew he was going to be caught somehow. Absolutely devastating
Just glad you advocate so hard for the families, to always show compassion to all, and to never judge. You’re one hell of a woman, Kendall! Your daughter has the best role model to look up to.
@@KendallRae 🥹😭 as a fellow girl mom, I’ve loved watching your journey into motherhood. You are the reason I went back to school for investigative journalism, around 2016!! Now we are both mama’s. So much respect to you. You will always be someone I have my own daughter’s look up to ♥️
OMG FINALLY!! Thank you for covering this story Kendall!! LeeAnna Warner's disappearance is so important to everyone on the Iron Range (the area she went missing from), I'm so glad she's getting coverage again, I feel like the media coverage really flopped on her case. Her disappearance is well known on the Iron Range, where she's from, but not really elsewhere. I don't think it originally reached enough people, someone has to know something.
Yeah I live in Minneapolis and I’ve never heard this case.. and it’s not like i was a child.. I actually had a five year old of my own at the time.. thank the good Lord he is a safe strong 25 year old now
Yes, I'm so grateful for Kendall's coverage on this story! I was 12/13 when she disappeared and the news was huge in the area for the longest time. I still cannot believe it's been 21 years since she's been gone. I still get teary eyed when I think about her story
absolutely live in chisholm currently.. i wasn’t even born yet when she went missing but ever since i’ve learned of leeanna i’ve always thought of her:(
I knew leeanna as children. She was one of my childhood friends and i still vividly remember the day they said she was missing. I miss her so much and im mad so much was stolen from her and her family❤️🩹 i hate that she didnt get the chance to grow up with all of us ,breaks my heart to this day. I still have photos of my brother and i in the search party (or atleast what they allowed for a child). Thank you for covering her story i hope one day we will know what happened for her families sake and for hers. She deserves justice. She deserved a life.❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
This message is for all the subscribers and commenters. I am so grateful to be part of this community and, in a way, to get to know all of you. I often read many of your comments. Whether or not I agree or not with some of the posts, I truly appreciate them. They make me think and reflect on my own thought process. You guys are awesome, Kendall Rae you were able to capture a very intelligent and insightful audience. Thank you for sharing this tough story !
My own daughter, Melody,was born 9 days after Leanne, on January 30,1998, she just gave birth to her first baby,my grandson, Shawn,on may 16th, I just can NOT fathom having lost her 21 years ago and having zero clues, to have missed preK, kindergarten graduation, middle school,her first crush,her first period, homecoming court,high school,proms, graduation, college application,life decisions,love advice, watching my grandson be born 😢😢😢 Dude, this poor, poor family 😮
It’s such an odd feeling when a victim in a high-profile case has a DOB that’s mere days away from your family member’s. My niece was born 3 days after Madeline Soto (Feb 22nd 2011, and Feb 25th 2011) and whenever I hear a reporter mention her birthday/age, I feel sick to my stomach because I remember my niece being born like it was a few weeks ago.
This is off topic, I apologize, but I’m just surprised because my name is Melody too and my boyfriend of almost five years name is Sean ! Your daughter is four years older than me as well ! :O
@@jas0206 it's adds a more emotional level of human connection when you can link a case to a family member by the date of birth or age at death date, name, etc
@@mell.6962 well, hi, Melody, it's always nice to meet someone with the same unique name I chose for my daughter 👋 and the Shawn/Sean connection is cool too... FYI: my daughter wanted to spell his name, Sean, but Daddy won with, Shawn 🤣🤣
Its such a shame the mother had passed away before any answers of her daughter's disappearance 😢 i pray the truth comes out eventually for peace for loved ones 🙏❤
I think there’s a lot more to the Matthew Curtis lead. I think it’s more than just highly disturbing, but also rather telling that he stated “if I was involved in her disappearance, you would never find her”. That’s not something an innocent person or a person with a sane mind would say. Even if it doesn’t serve as an example of him being involved, it is very telling of what kind of a person he was. The idea of him being ruled out as a suspect because there was no trace of LeeAnna or because his house was in the opposite direction from which LeeAnna was walking, I think, is a bit flawed. For one, even though Matthew lived a few houses down in the opposite direction, he still frequented the neighborhood and knew it well, and easily could have been prowling around the day she disappeared. Similarly, just because his truck wasn’t involved in her disappearance doesn’t necessarily mean Matthew wasn’t involved. I mean if he was looking at cp on his mom’s computer, he also could have been corroborating or corresponding with people nearby with similar interests. He could have been in chat rooms or forums and found other people who he could have formulated a plan with. I mean, that’s the kind of way this stuff often works. Human trafficking occurs because of networks of criminals like this, so who’s to say that Matthew wasn’t a part of one of these networks? I don’t know… I also find it highly suspicious and very telling that he took his own life the day of his court hearing. I wouldn’t be surprised if in time we come to discover he was more involved in this than we know. But at least through this case, the community was able to find out about what Matthew was involved in so it could be brought to light, for the betterment of the community and the safety of everybody’s children.
Matthew seems like the obvious answer to me as well. Did they check his house? The mom’s car? The mom’s boyfriend’s car? The mom’s boyfriend seems sus as well. He’s the one that “found” the CP but are we sure he’s completely innocent? Was he questioned? So frustrating
I think Matthew did it and took her to the gravel pits where he later decided to take his life. I know they searched there but could have easily overlooked her.
Do you think he did really kill himself? Seems like a very hard and long winded way to end your own life with a bag and driving to a gravel pit just to do it.
@@aishanixon8960that’s a good point. Maybe the moms boyfriend who found to CP was involved and took his step son’s life before he could be questioned and outed him? What do you think?
Thank you for covering Leanna. I grew up in Hibbing (5 min from Chisholm) and I had just turned 17 when she went missing. Her disappearance rocked our area. I still think of her often... my fear is the mine pits filled with water. They're incredibly deep. We have lakes everywhere. ... And back then, no one would think it was odd to have your child walk down the block. Nothing happened in Chisholm... it was a tiny, really safe town. It was a different time then. Thanks, Kendall. No one ever covers her case.
Even in 2008 when I was five years old, I was allowed to walk to my friends house that lived the next cul-de-sac over. Everyone in the neighborhood knew each other and God forbid anything happened, I feel like everyone‘s parents trusted one of the neighbors to see something and say something. I’m guessing it was the same situation in Leanne‘s neighborhood. I feel so horrible for the mom.
Thank you for sharing this. I had such a hard time empathizing with the family but my experience was different than other communities in US. I grew up in a bad neighborhood in my childhood and had multiple experiences in my middle and high school years where I dodged being abducted by adult men. 🙁 now as a mother myself I live in a safe neighborhood but never allow my child to even take the bus or go anything by herself.
My parents trusted no one. I wasn't allowed anywhere when I was 5, and when I started going to friends houses a bit later I wasn't allowed without being taken directly there. Even my friends house 4 doors down. And I was born in the 80s.
Also when I was this age I thought my dance teacher was an old lady. I think, as she had very blond hair. But she was maybe 30. So this may not have been an old lady per se.
Letting your kids run around the neighborhood doesn’t justify someone kidnapping or murdering your child. It’s really sad that we can’t let kids do this anymore.
We live in what is statistically a very safe area, but a business owner was shot and killed in the parking lot of a business right up the street from me. I never heard a thing about it. Neither did my mom, and she is on every neightborhood group possible. We do have a false sense of security.
So frightening. When I was a kid, we got up took off and knew to be home when the yard lights came on. We didn't worry about being kidnapped and our neighborhood was close knit. All the neighborhood "aunts and uncles" kept an eye out. I hate that kids are bo longer safe to be outside. Prayers for her return and her family.
As someone who grew up in Chisholm, thank you so much for covering this! Its such a strange and sad story and needs more attention to hopefully get solved or for the family to get closure. ❤
So happy to see you covering this case! I live about 10 miles from where she went missing and it’s been a huge point of topic that this small town has an alarming amount of registered sex offenders. I think about her every time I drive through Chisholm 😔 can’t imagine what this family has gone through. I have heard from people who lived in Chisholm at that time saying everyone knew Leanna because she was this little girl running around during the day and night, in and out of bars by herself, all around town.. but placing blame on her parents does nothing to help her and I can’t imagine the guilt they felt.
What a ridiculous comment. Wow. The parents sound ridiculously irresponsible and are part of the blame. Sick of this weak society so quick to ignore foolishness. The only victim in this case is the missing child.
@@BlondeVolDoll their mother was killed by her friend and her boyfriend then they were found in a reststop he killed his gf and himself so no one knows where the girls are they were 1and 1/2 years old and the other girl was 8 months
Times have definitely changed. In 2003, when I was 5-6 I was allowed to be outside as long as I came back when the streetlights came on. The world is cruel, so it’s more dangerous now
I was 8 when this happened and I grew up in a small suburb of Duluth, MN not too far away from here. I haven't seen any comments yet, but I want to echo that in the early 2000's, a 5 year old walking 1.5 blocks in town was not out of the ordinary, especially in small towns like this. Edited because I hit send too early and didn't finish my sentence lol.
100%. I was a 99 baby born in the twin cities and we did this for years! When we wanted to run over to a friends house, even if it was dark out we did. Just was a different time even though it really doesn’t feel like long ago..
I was born in 2000. I had the kind of childhood where you played outside until the street lights went out. My parents trusted me to walk to my friends house by myself (I had a friend right next to me and one a few houses down). It was so normal to be out and go places without your parents
Yup. Me and my sister were 11 when we'd walk to our friend's house on the other side of the highway... Then we'd all 3 take the bus to the mall (2005). Not anything to be proud of lol, but also was normal
To be fair, I have not seen any harsh comments about it (yet). But I hope they see this comment. Ultimately, it doesn't help the family anymore so no one should judge the parents, especially her mom.
A moment of appreciation for Kendall for her sensitivity in delivering all of her cases. Thank you for taking the time to remind your viewers that criticising the victim's friends and family for things said and done in the past only causes hurt and is not helpful at all. Nothing can be done to change the past and it is so important that the focus is on what we can do now, and Kendall always achieves that.
I don’t know why but I can’t stop think about the Barbie’s and what if it was an older woman in the neighborhood who always wanted a kid. Maybe cause of friend not being home she went to see the older woman again feeling comfortable with her cause she gave her Barbie’s before. Of course it’s just speculation. Love the way you make your video and the support you give the family’s. Praying she is found safe soon or at least the family gets answers to what happened
Yeah that’s what’s getting to me about this case so much of it just didn’t make any sense to a degree. Like why wouldn’t they check with all the old ladies or idk try with those dolls now? I’m sure they’re gone but I can’t help but feel like they missed a lot of tiny key pieces of evidence that in the long run could’ve solved the case by now? You know?
I’m in MN and a 98 baby too. My sisters and I were always off in the woods for hours alone (mom had told us not to). We realize now that, that was bad. Heartbreaking that the mom will never know what happened, praying the rest find her/get answers.
I’ve watched a lot of missing person / true crime content over the years, and have never heard of LeeAnna. It makes me sad how much coverage and media attention certain cases get vs others. For example, the amount of time, attention, and resources for Madeleine McCann. I think every missing child deserves that kind of coverage. Hope she is found soon ❤️
tbh i think it’s cs there’s just so many cases like this in the world we don’t be knowing all of them. i don’t think it’s nothing personal tho yk cs none of them be celebrities
100% I'm around the same age as LeeAnna and her sisters and we all roamed the neighborhood during that time, every town on the Iron Range is so small and we always felt like we were safe.
I walked to friends houses I rode my bike and it wasn’t even my parents who made me Cautious, I always worried when a car drove too slow by me or made laps. The JonBenet Ramsey case traumatized me As a child
The effect LeeAnna going missing had on literally EVERYONE on the Iron Range is truly staggering. I always remember seeing her missing posters everywhere I went (I always remember seeing it specifically on a 25 cent candy machine, being she went missing when I was 6, in the Virginia bowling alley, about 15 minutes East, & it stayed on that machine until that bowling alley closed over 10 years later. Just a core memory etched into my brain). Even now in 2024, every time around Father’s Day, in every household, workplace, etc. for miles people will talk about wondering whatever happened to LeeAnna & hoping a miracle happens that she’s found. Especially after her mother passed. You almost can’t find anyone who lives in Hibbing/Chisholm that doesn’t know about this story, even to this day.
I live in Minnesota and remember this case very well. I hope like the Jacob Wetterling case the truth will come out One day and the family will get answers.
@@erikaweger2829 Yes, in 2016. Guy took a plea deal to only go away for 20 years for child porn in exchange for telling them the whereabouts of Jacob's body. He was killed the same night he was abducted by someone who had been molesting boys in the area for months.
I’ve been watching you for almost a decade now, and to have you cover a case from where I live is surreal. LeeAnna and my sister did beauty pageants together, she definitely was a beautiful little girl and her family deserves justice.
You do know that it degrades for one. And two if she was playing using them there would only be her prints and dna on it. It was not like she got the case and in an hr she went missing. A substantial amount of time passed between two events.
Thank you for covering this case! I work in Grand Rapids, MN but travel through Hibbing and Chisholm almost everyday, never heard of this case until now.
Thank you for covering this, everyone here called her "Beaner" and we're still posting fliers for her. Many of us in the Iron Range of Minnesota know the family personally looking for her! ♡Minnesota doesn't get the recognition it should for our cases so seeing something talked about so close to home, as a community I think we could all agree, makes us feel less alone up here. Thank you Kendall.
@@Mark_HaleIt would never cross my mind that that was a racial slur, but I don’t know anyone who uses racial slurs. Sometimes a cute nickname is just a cute nickname.
Just submitted to the form, but please cover the case of Harmony Montgomery! She was also five at the time and the case really highlights the issues of foster care and child safety 😢
This is literally my biggest fear in life. Even more so than losing one of my children. The idea of not knowing if my children are in constant pain or fear is unimaginable. My heart goes out to this family.
My heart is so sad for this family. I'm so sorry for this family to have to go through so much pain. A loss of a sister and mom. Horrible for this family. Sending healing prayers
I knew Leanna! My grandma lived down the street! Such a sad story:( it breaks my heart that we still don’t know what happened to that sweet little girl!
One thing I LOVE about this family, is that they don't add to the rumor mill. If you have questions or doubts, Chris is more than happy to talk about her and what they know, and what is rumor. He will let you feel how you feel about it, based on the facts, not rumors. I pray this family finds her, they were forever changed in a moment.
In 2003 or 1993 or 1973 , I'm not letting my 5 year old walk a block and half to a neighbors house thay I hadnt even coordinated with prior too.This just doesn't make sense at all. I hate this for LeeAnna 😢
I was 5 years old riding my bike alone around my neighborhood. I was also born in 1998, I’m beyond thankful nothing bad happened to me. My prayers go out to this family. 🥺🙏🏽
Instead of cp it’s recommended to use the term csam. Child s abuse material. Thanks for a thorough and compassionate video on this case. I’ve wondered about it for years
This occurred in my hometown and has been such a mystery for all these years. Thank you for bringing awareness to the case, Kendall! LeeAnna's family deserve answers, justice, and the ability to grieve after all these years.
The monster thing is common and the I'm going to runaway too--but her new family comment would have made me ask lots of questions. The Barbies too; yes its common for kids to 'steal' from friends but you ask where they got them and if they don't confess you call ALL the friends and return the toys and use it as life lesson.
That is strange that they didn’t look into this. I know I would of. My mom would, we had a neighbor that would buy me stuff. I remember she asked me where I got this. Our neighbor was just a super nice person.
I have to think, in a town so small, it has to be someone local that took her. Hiding a secret that long is hard. It’s hard keeping something to yourself if someone did in fact take her. Maybe with renewed interest, more tips may come in and the family can get some answers.
I know the family that LeeAnna went to visit were supposedly at Target but could that have been a false alibi? I hate to think one of the adults did something to her while the rest of the family was at Target. Like was that family cleared at all?
All of these cases are devastating but cases of missing children hurt to the core. The pain and constant worry the family experiences is unimaginable. I hope your coverage helps find answers
her shoes being left at the friend’s house is intriguing… would she be wandering the neighborhood without shoes? if she kicked off her shoes, she’d likely go around to the backyard and might have been spotted/abducted there. hard to imagine she’d walk sidewalk / asphalt barefoot
@@claudiacote9236the neighbors are so weird to me- if there was a random little girl without shoes on why would either of them not been more alarmed / taken closer attention i think they were ruled out way too soon
For any parents that are critiquing these parents for allowing their child to walk at five years old, should not only consider that 2003 was a different time, but also that this child knew the route and obviously was not something. her parents allowed her to do regularly. I grew up in the 1980s and 1990s and what I was able to do as a small child in that time would now have had me removed from my mother’s care in 2024. These parents need support and compassion.
I agree. My husband was allowed to walk to close friends house when he was like 7-8. But now in 2024 we don't allow our kids to do the same. We're not allowing to walk places till they're in middle school.
I understand this but in the 90s I was never allowed to walk anywhere without my siblings or a parent. I think my mom was just overly protective but turns out, she had every right to be
It's more about the fact that it was a small town than which year. In big cities, this wouldn't have been acceptable even in the 80s. I was born in the 80s in a decent sized city and it was already unacceptable then to let a 5 year old walk around alone.
I felt like I was back in the 70s where parents were starting to take better precaution than the decade before. I wasn't allowed to do it in the 60s. The Zodiac killer, Jack the Ripper, etc. scared the crap outta my parents. By the time 70s came around .. Manson, Bundy, Dahmer, Gacey, .. we started to see serial murders in our own communities. The late 80s took 2 of my schoolmates _HORRIFIC CRIME SCENES_ and a string of others. Everyone was on edge> In the 80s. The 90s brought all kinds of weirdos. Repressed folk from the 60s and 70s. The world's only gotten worse from then. God, keep our children safe from harm. Open the gates of hell and sweep these horrible childnappers to their final, restless place because there's no place here for pedophiles and child abuse.
Goodness, we’re talking about 2003, not 1963. Five year old wandering the streets and playing in lakes without adult supervision was not even a thing in 1983/4 when my daughters were born. Of course the parents deserve compassion- you’re correct- but can we stop pretending like 2003 was that much different than today? Anyone remember Madeline McCan? No one thought it was ok for her and the twins to be left alone in a hotel room, much less the street.
The world should be a place where a little girl can walk safely to a friends house and then come home and never be featured on a true crime channel. Peoole in Japan have sent their kids on their ways across the city to school alone for years but i guess there is just a higher concentration of depravity here in the US
I feel so bad for this family. I have a 5 year old and idk what I would do if this happened to her and it's so terrible that the mom passed away before she got answers which just makes it even harder for that family. It breaks my heart
In the 80s I was almost kidnapped TWICE! Both times were a vehicle slowly following me and my cousin the first time, and then me & my friends the second time. They stopped both times and first potential kidnappers said to get in their car to see their puppy. Second potential kidnappers said our parents asked them to drive us home. They looked sketchy so we ran away screaming both times. I always wonder how many kids were taken back then that didn’t run away like me🥹 I pray even now years later all missing kids are found🙏🏻
The police also interviewed the parents for a lengthy amount of time to verify their aliblies and made sure they didn't have anything to do with their daughters disappearance.
Im 49 . I used to explore like Leanne. I remember several odd moments with men in cars and trucks, which always stuck out to me trying to talk to me. I never told my parents because our neighborhood was so safe . Im so thankful nothing happened. But like you said, you cant make comments about the parents letting her have free range
The fact that her and I have the same birthday, and she went missing the year I was born makes this case even more heartbreaking. Missing children cases are just so terrible. Love that her sisters are still looking for her
It's definitely important to keep hope alive. Someone's familial DNA could link them to other family members. A man who has been missing for 73 years was found this week! Prayers for peace for this family.
I definitely walked to friend's houses arounf that age, when we lived in a small subdivision. It wasnt very far, across the street or doen the block. That poor mum
This is a case my family often spoke about growing up. I’m from this area (from Grand Rapids MN). Thank you for covering this case. We’re such a small area, and the missing children there often don’t get the traction on their cases that they deserve.
You said that letting your kid walk to their friend's house wasn't a great idea. But in 2000, 2003 etc. It wasn't a bad idea. We lived in a very different world in the early 2000s, so letting your child do that would have been perfectly normal. Yes, this horrific thing happened but most of the time these things happened with ppl who are known to the family (not saying that's the case here) but for anyone to make that comment based on the time frame would show complete ignorance on the commenter's part, not the mom bc that was something almost every single parent would do back then.
I respect your commentary. In small towns there's a sense of community. Everybody knows everybody so it's not out of the ordinary for a 5 year old to go walking around by themselves. If it was the city, then I would say something. I miss that small town community feel.
HOW can someone get turned on by children? Makes me absolute ILL! I have an almost 6 year old daughter, and I'd happily take life in prison if someone hurt my baby!
Something about your videos calms me. Lowers my heart rate. I am in the ER right now due to a really bad asthma attack (I was blue all over when they got to me) I can't leave here til my heart rate drops. So I came here.
@@DrPAngus what do you mean what? I had an asthma attack that almost took my life. Once I was in stable condition, the ER doctor told me I couldn't be released cuz my heart rate was too high. So, I came to watch a Kendall Rae video because it calms me down and lowers my heart rate so I could go home. (I really missed my fiancee and wanted to be with him. He had no way to me.) her video helped calm me
It always breaks my heart thinking the parents of missing children sometimes end up looking for them longer than they got to have them in their lives physically.
If LeeAnna truly is not with us, I hope mama is with her right now❤
Beautifully said ❤
Lovely sentiment.
just thought this too. ❤
thats what i was thinking too :( i hope they are both at ease ❤
Maybe in the grave. Bible clearly stated that no one have been up to heaven except the son that came down (Jesus). Also stated that no one will the gift till he returns (Jesus). Kinda makes me wonder why reference the Bible when clearly it doesn't state that. Well most don't read. This also shows evident they don't when they have pictures of a white Jesus with Goldie locks when it clearly stated he looked different. He was darker folks with hair of wool. And the crosses people wear. They was crucifying people way before Jesus. Hundreds one I think history stated. but I'm sure she'll be fine when he returns. But anyone who died is still in the ground until he returns. And if you don't believe just read the Bible. Knowledge is power. Most of these things people are prematurely saying are because people don't read. And been changed throughout the years. Go to church your pastor say a verse or two and talk the rest of the day. But there are churches that reads all the way through.
Props to the mom that turned in her son. I can't imagine that would be an easy thing to do.
I’m glad she did too but I’m wondering how she knew it was her son and not her boyfriend
@@kcar8974had the same thought.
Agreed! We need more of that integrity!
@@kcar8974yes that's what I thought before anything, unless there was more to the story. But that's where my mind went straight away
@@kcar8974she’s known him for 24 years, she’s probably seen signs beforehand. Not saying it couldn’t be the bf but she probably knows her son.
Being a child of the 80s/90s, and growing up in a small neighborhood, We had a lot of independence and freedom from a pretty young age (young as in 5 or 6). With no parental supervision, we were allowed to walk around or ride our bikes up and down the street and we really didn’t have any limits as to what we could do or where we could go as long as we stayed in our neighborhood. We would tell our parents where we were going initially but It was not uncommon at all for us to start at one friend’s house and end up at totally different place. Thinking about it today, it’s insane to think about how our parents normally had no idea where we were, what we were doing, or who we were with 95% of the time.
Thought the same, it’s insane!
I remember those days! As long as we stayed within the confines of the neighborhood and didn't set foot on the road outside of it, we ran around like feral children and as long as we we returned home for dinner everything was fine!
That’s why there were a lot more victims and opportunities for predators in those times. Now parents know not to let their children do this.
This.
its not that insane. All us did it so what is insane? To me, what is insane is children being forced to be cooped up in their homes all day with a tablet in their face for their so called safety. We are created sheltered and sick children that have no social or coping skills and also lack imagination.
I hate the fact that people could be missing and then never found, sometimes I cant wrap my head around it
Same here 😢 especially with our advances in technology and dna and everything now… it’s absolutely frightening that a whole person can just disappear… with no trace and no one can find them 😢
I hate that families never get closure 😢
I couldn’t live never knowing! It’s like mental torture
Yes it's crazy to me too but I have a 12 year old daughter and we lived in both very good neighborhoods and whats consider ghetto and she has been attempted kidnapped at least 3x and 2x was in whats considered the good neighborhood. Times are worse now. Keep an eye on your babies at all times! Mind you I was with her every time! People are sick and they won't stop till they get what they want. Sick bastards!! 🤬
Only 40 percent of murders get solved.
The box of Barbie dolls given to her by a little old lady a couple of weeks beforehand, the pretending to run away to her 'new family' and the fact her body has never been found raises the hairs on my arm.
I would have been looking into all the women in the area who had suffered the loss of a child in someway, whether through death or separation of some sort.
Especially if they moved soon after the disappearance.
Yes! I thought this too! Was very weird that an old lady gave it to her and talk of another family. Maybe the old lady never was able to have kids or her daughter died? After watching so many lifetime movies (yes I know how that sounds) people even women are crazy.
I was thinking the same thing.
All 3 of my kids are red headed with blue eyes and my sister has 3 kids all girls, the oldest and youngest have brown hair and brown eyes, middle daughter has red hair and blue eyes, looks nothing like sisters looks like me and my kids the point is there was a movie with Steve Martin when they were all growing up, his, mine and ours/cheaper by the dozen, something anyways that niece after seeing that movie with a red headed boy with glasses and freckles that everyone in the family called FedEx and joked FedEx dropped him off decided, she belonged to a family named the Furgesons and we haven't found them yet 😆😆
Such an interesting take on it! Never crossed my mind, I was so focused on the offenders in the area. The poor family, can't even imagine what they went through 😢
@@bubbles2215 basically that kids make things up and believe themselves sometimes, who knows where the Barbies really came from... My oldest son still says a stuffed frog peed on him when he had RSV and was hospitalized at 4, he's 30 🤯😂 my niece made up "the Furgesons" because she doesn't look like parents or either sibling
That poor mum would’ve felt every emotion in the book till the day of her last breath. It wasn’t the best decision, but it also wasn’t her fault. I hope she’s found peace x
I am sure that she has. If we are honest, we know that Leanna is no longer with us. They are now hopefully together. May God rest their souls and grant healing of soul and consolation to their loved ones. I don't know how any parent survives the trauma of losing a child in this way...and always wondering what has happened or is presently happening to their child. Lord have mercy. ☦️😢
@@melissabarham4837it’s not very smart or responsible to say that Leanna’s no longer with us.
@@Nopenonameokyou do realize that the odds are stacked against her being alive?!?
@@denisebenedict6102 you do realize that there’s no evidence of her being dead either?? I don’t know what happened to her, Kendall doesn’t know, the police don’t know, and you certainly don’t either. I’m so sick of you armchair wannabe detectives.
To lose your child and live with that despair and sorrow then to fight to want to live and try to beat cancer just to have cancer beat and take you down... My heart breaks for Mom and I hope with everything in me, the afterlife is treating her better than living ever did! 💔 ❤️
To me, the 45 mins could be just her playing peacefully alone, and she was watched and stolen. That's why it seemed so fast. The person was watching her and had been for a while to ensure she was alone and not just playing away from a parent close by.
very valid point, ugh children are so innocent, the premeditation of this absolutely infuriates me
Thats what I was thinking, the person was probably following her with their car and she probably had no idea :(
That was my first thought.
I was thinking she probably knocked on her friend’s door at the original time she left her home. Friend was already gone so she played for a while then circled back to knock on her friend’s door one more time before whatever took place between 5:15-5:30
@deandreagillon I agree, definitely logical
Thank you for covering this case! I lived next door to Chris and Kaelin in 2006. Kaelin passed away from cancer recently, and now Leanna's sisters have taken over the search. I'm watching this now.
I am from Chisholm.
I was ten when Beaner went missing..I lived in Hibbing and was in Chisholm weekly because my grandparents lived there. I didn't know about Kaelin until just now. I hope she's at peace. My heart hurt so much for her.
Is that true?
@@TrueCrimeChronicles85 she literally mentions this in the video.
I hadn't watched it yet when I made this comment...
As a note to all parents PLEASE listen to your babies. I know 90% of the time it’s silly, but just because their stories seem silly to us does not mean it isn’t real to them. Listen to their dreams, listen to their fears. There is absolute truth in what they say.
Especially their dreams. Dreams help process what happened to them in real life so they're always based in truth
Is there a chance the 2 neighbours actually saw the elder sister that the mum sent to look for LeeAnna, rather than LeeAnna?
This is such a good point and would make much more sense to me considering the time line!
Ugh, such a good point to consider
Yeah but hopefully they’d be able to tell the difference between a 9/10 y/o and a 5 y/o
@@melaniemars155 I would hope so too considering they were neighbors of the girls, but you’d be surprised at how children around those ages can look the same, especially from afar
@@melaniemars155 omg honestly I am a kid-less adult who was also an only child and I legit cannot tell the difference of age for young kids. Just recently I found out a neighbor kid I thought was 10/12 was actually 7..
So many revolting men near this little girl. The guy who said "you'd never find her" then killed himself... surely that's a main suspect?
It's weird that he said that, but how does that make him a main suspect? You need solid evidence before naming someone the prime suspect.
@@HautePinkFluffHim stating she won’t be found is the evidence. That’s a legal fact. He’s implying he knows here she is by saying she cannot be found. So logically he needs to be an absolute suspect per rational and reason. That’s called probable cause.
I think it's definitely interesting the things she said to her parents. When you put it all together it definitely does sound suspicious. I know as a mother myself, none of this would be an immediate cause for concern because kids do say these kinds of things. My kids have brought toys, bikes, and coins home that I did not give to them saying someone gave it to them. But if my kids ever went missing I'm sure I'd start overanalyzing every single thing. It could mean something, it could mean absolutely nothing. It's hard not to link every little detail to your missing child I'd imagine.
Why didn't they test the Barbies and the case?
The guy that killed himself before his court date for CP seems like the most likely culprit.
Yes and search the area and surrounding areas where he killed himself
@@AmonarayIsalaynot only that but why do they let these predators out?! Like with that type of crime we should be holding them till court 🙄😭
Yep. His statement of “ even if i did youll never find her” i wish they were allowed to rip apart his yard, the house, anything he touched. That is why he k!lled himself. He knew he was going to be caught somehow. Absolutely devastating
I agree
Yep!
Just glad you advocate so hard for the families, to always show compassion to all, and to never judge. You’re one hell of a woman, Kendall! Your daughter has the best role model to look up to.
Thank you this means a lot to me❤
@@KendallRae 🥹😭 as a fellow girl mom, I’ve loved watching your journey into motherhood. You are the reason I went back to school for investigative journalism, around 2016!! Now we are both mama’s. So much respect to you. You will always be someone I have my own daughter’s look up to ♥️
THIS💚💚
Missing Persons cases are 💯% the most important to cover. That victim may still be out there, & their family still needs answers!!
OMG FINALLY!! Thank you for covering this story Kendall!! LeeAnna Warner's disappearance is so important to everyone on the Iron Range (the area she went missing from), I'm so glad she's getting coverage again, I feel like the media coverage really flopped on her case. Her disappearance is well known on the Iron Range, where she's from, but not really elsewhere. I don't think it originally reached enough people, someone has to know something.
Yeah I live in Minneapolis and I’ve never heard this case.. and it’s not like i was a child.. I actually had a five year old of my own at the time.. thank the good Lord he is a safe strong 25 year old now
Yes, I'm so grateful for Kendall's coverage on this story! I was 12/13 when she disappeared and the news was huge in the area for the longest time. I still cannot believe it's been 21 years since she's been gone. I still get teary eyed when I think about her story
absolutely live in chisholm currently.. i wasn’t even born yet when she went missing but ever since i’ve learned of leeanna i’ve always thought of her:(
I knew leeanna as children. She was one of my childhood friends and i still vividly remember the day they said she was missing. I miss her so much and im mad so much was stolen from her and her family❤️🩹 i hate that she didnt get the chance to grow up with all of us ,breaks my heart to this day.
I still have photos of my brother and i in the search party (or atleast what they allowed for a child). Thank you for covering her story i hope one day we will know what happened for her families sake and for hers. She deserves justice. She deserved a life.❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
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This message is for all the subscribers and commenters. I am so grateful to be part of this community and, in a way, to get to know all of you. I often read many of your comments. Whether or not I agree or not with some of the posts, I truly appreciate them. They make me think and reflect on my own thought process. You guys are awesome, Kendall Rae you were able to capture a very intelligent and insightful audience. Thank you for sharing this tough story !
Thank you for your kind words. I’m grateful for this community too. ❤
I totally agree. I feel like some of these cases have been solved over the years because of this audience.
This is heartbreaking... I just hope that mama is reunited with her daughter now.
I really love your cat what a beautiful creature
My own daughter, Melody,was born 9 days after Leanne, on January 30,1998, she just gave birth to her first baby,my grandson, Shawn,on may 16th, I just can NOT fathom having lost her 21 years ago and having zero clues, to have missed preK, kindergarten graduation, middle school,her first crush,her first period, homecoming court,high school,proms, graduation, college application,life decisions,love advice, watching my grandson be born 😢😢😢 Dude, this poor, poor family 😮
It’s such an odd feeling when a victim in a high-profile case has a DOB that’s mere days away from your family member’s. My niece was born 3 days after Madeline Soto (Feb 22nd 2011, and Feb 25th 2011) and whenever I hear a reporter mention her birthday/age, I feel sick to my stomach because I remember my niece being born like it was a few weeks ago.
This is off topic, I apologize, but I’m just surprised because my name is Melody too and my boyfriend of almost five years name is Sean ! Your daughter is four years older than me as well ! :O
@@jas0206 it's adds a more emotional level of human connection when you can link a case to a family member by the date of birth or age at death date, name, etc
@@mell.6962 well, hi, Melody, it's always nice to meet someone with the same unique name I chose for my daughter 👋 and the Shawn/Sean connection is cool too... FYI: my daughter wanted to spell his name, Sean, but Daddy won with, Shawn 🤣🤣
@@beccaedgar9556Melody isn't a rare name.
I know several from school and have a cousin by that name.
She goes by Mel.
Its such a shame the mother had passed away before any answers of her daughter's disappearance 😢 i pray the truth comes out eventually for peace for loved ones 🙏❤
Well they're probably together now so she knows
I think there’s a lot more to the Matthew Curtis lead. I think it’s more than just highly disturbing, but also rather telling that he stated “if I was involved in her disappearance, you would never find her”. That’s not something an innocent person or a person with a sane mind would say. Even if it doesn’t serve as an example of him being involved, it is very telling of what kind of a person he was. The idea of him being ruled out as a suspect because there was no trace of LeeAnna or because his house was in the opposite direction from which LeeAnna was walking, I think, is a bit flawed. For one, even though Matthew lived a few houses down in the opposite direction, he still frequented the neighborhood and knew it well, and easily could have been prowling around the day she disappeared. Similarly, just because his truck wasn’t involved in her disappearance doesn’t necessarily mean Matthew wasn’t involved. I mean if he was looking at cp on his mom’s computer, he also could have been corroborating or corresponding with people nearby with similar interests. He could have been in chat rooms or forums and found other people who he could have formulated a plan with. I mean, that’s the kind of way this stuff often works. Human trafficking occurs because of networks of criminals like this, so who’s to say that Matthew wasn’t a part of one of these networks? I don’t know… I also find it highly suspicious and very telling that he took his own life the day of his court hearing. I wouldn’t be surprised if in time we come to discover he was more involved in this than we know. But at least through this case, the community was able to find out about what Matthew was involved in so it could be brought to light, for the betterment of the community and the safety of everybody’s children.
Umm yes and the fact that he killed himself... could be the result of guilt OR avoiding legal woes/possibly being caught eventually...
Matthew seems like the obvious answer to me as well. Did they check his house? The mom’s car? The mom’s boyfriend’s car? The mom’s boyfriend seems sus as well. He’s the one that “found” the CP but are we sure he’s completely innocent? Was he questioned? So frustrating
I think Matthew did it and took her to the gravel pits where he later decided to take his life. I know they searched there but could have easily overlooked her.
Do you think he did really kill himself? Seems like a very hard and long winded way to end your own life with a bag and driving to a gravel pit just to do it.
@@aishanixon8960that’s a good point. Maybe the moms boyfriend who found to CP was involved and took his step son’s life before he could be questioned and outed him? What do you think?
Thank you for covering Leanna. I grew up in Hibbing (5 min from Chisholm) and I had just turned 17 when she went missing. Her disappearance rocked our area. I still think of her often... my fear is the mine pits filled with water. They're incredibly deep. We have lakes everywhere. ...
And back then, no one would think it was odd to have your child walk down the block. Nothing happened in Chisholm... it was a tiny, really safe town. It was a different time then.
Thanks, Kendall. No one ever covers her case.
Even in 2008 when I was five years old, I was allowed to walk to my friends house that lived the next cul-de-sac over. Everyone in the neighborhood knew each other and God forbid anything happened, I feel like everyone‘s parents trusted one of the neighbors to see something and say something. I’m guessing it was the same situation in Leanne‘s neighborhood. I feel so horrible for the mom.
Thank you for sharing this. I had such a hard time empathizing with the family but my experience was different than other communities in US. I grew up in a bad neighborhood in my childhood and had multiple experiences in my middle and high school years where I dodged being abducted by adult men. 🙁 now as a mother myself I live in a safe neighborhood but never allow my child to even take the bus or go anything by herself.
My parents trusted no one. I wasn't allowed anywhere when I was 5, and when I started going to friends houses a bit later I wasn't allowed without being taken directly there. Even my friends house 4 doors down. And I was born in the 80s.
The little old lady and the running away part gave me the goosebumps. 😱
Also when I was this age I thought my dance teacher was an old lady. I think, as she had very blond hair. But she was maybe 30. So this may not have been an old lady per se.
Also a lot of sick men have women that help them abduct children. 😢
@@zombiechicken7114 Or it could have been the Matt guy giving them to her and telling her not to tell, or he would take them away.
Letting your kids run around the neighborhood doesn’t justify someone kidnapping or murdering your child. It’s really sad that we can’t let kids do this anymore.
There's no such thing as a safe neighborhood. There are neighborhoods where people have a false sense of security.
We live in what is statistically a very safe area, but a business owner was shot and killed in the parking lot of a business right up the street from me. I never heard a thing about it. Neither did my mom, and she is on every neightborhood group possible. We do have a false sense of security.
So frightening. When I was a kid, we got up took off and knew to be home when the yard lights came on. We didn't worry about being kidnapped and our neighborhood was close knit. All the neighborhood "aunts and uncles" kept an eye out. I hate that kids are bo longer safe to be outside. Prayers for her return and her family.
This is clear proof that no actually you weren't as safe as you thought its just more well documented now a days
As someone who grew up in Chisholm, thank you so much for covering this! Its such a strange and sad story and needs more attention to hopefully get solved or for the family to get closure. ❤
Yes.. We got lucky with getting answers for Jacob W.... I pray we can eventually have answers for Beaner too.
@@Solènelamigonnelicorne
Don't be a creep.
So happy to see you covering this case! I live about 10 miles from where she went missing and it’s been a huge point of topic that this small town has an alarming amount of registered sex offenders. I think about her every time I drive through Chisholm 😔 can’t imagine what this family has gone through. I have heard from people who lived in Chisholm at that time saying everyone knew Leanna because she was this little girl running around during the day and night, in and out of bars by herself, all around town.. but placing blame on her parents does nothing to help her and I can’t imagine the guilt they felt.
Bars? 😢😢😢
What a ridiculous comment. Wow. The parents sound ridiculously irresponsible and are part of the blame. Sick of this weak society so quick to ignore foolishness. The only victim in this case is the missing child.
I have 2 nieces who have been missing since 2001 I have hope they will be found. The age progression is a wonderful thing
Oh my! Do they a leads or know maybe what happened?
@@BlondeVolDoll their mother was killed by her friend and her boyfriend then they were found in a reststop he killed his gf and himself so no one knows where the girls are they were 1and 1/2 years old and the other girl was 8 months
Oh I'm sorry . How old would they be now?
@@alejandraromero1204 they would be in their 20s
What's their names I can email Kendall and ask if she makes a video since she looks at ideas there
Times have definitely changed. In 2003, when I was 5-6 I was allowed to be outside as long as I came back when the streetlights came on. The world is cruel, so it’s more dangerous now
The world is less dangerous now, or about the same. The data are clear.
@@scottcharney1091 Maybe security, but people’s minds have warped for the worst.
@@SoosLives1 How so?
@@scottcharney1091 More cases of people with possession of CP, hurting kids, trafficking, etc
There's always been sickos and psychos out there. ALWAYS.
I was 8 when this happened and I grew up in a small suburb of Duluth, MN not too far away from here. I haven't seen any comments yet, but I want to echo that in the early 2000's, a 5 year old walking 1.5 blocks in town was not out of the ordinary, especially in small towns like this.
Edited because I hit send too early and didn't finish my sentence lol.
100%. I was a 99 baby born in the twin cities and we did this for years! When we wanted to run over to a friends house, even if it was dark out we did. Just was a different time even though it really doesn’t feel like long ago..
I was born in 2000. I had the kind of childhood where you played outside until the street lights went out. My parents trusted me to walk to my friends house by myself (I had a friend right next to me and one a few houses down). It was so normal to be out and go places without your parents
Yup. Me and my sister were 11 when we'd walk to our friend's house on the other side of the highway... Then we'd all 3 take the bus to the mall (2005). Not anything to be proud of lol, but also was normal
To be fair, I have not seen any harsh comments about it (yet). But I hope they see this comment. Ultimately, it doesn't help the family anymore so no one should judge the parents, especially her mom.
A😊😊😊@@katy8029
A moment of appreciation for Kendall for her sensitivity in delivering all of her cases.
Thank you for taking the time to remind your viewers that criticising the victim's friends and family for things said and done in the past only causes hurt and is not helpful at all. Nothing can be done to change the past and it is so important that the focus is on what we can do now, and Kendall always achieves that.
🙏🏻
I don’t know why but I can’t stop think about the Barbie’s and what if it was an older woman in the neighborhood who always wanted a kid. Maybe cause of friend not being home she went to see the older woman again feeling comfortable with her cause she gave her Barbie’s before. Of course it’s just speculation. Love the way you make your video and the support you give the family’s. Praying she is found safe soon or at least the family gets answers to what happened
That and the whole someone is going to take me in the night
Wonder what happened to them if police took them as evidence they could have someones DNA on them who gave them her
Or a man disguised as a woman.
Yeah that’s what’s getting to me about this case so much of it just didn’t make any sense to a degree. Like why wouldn’t they check with all the old ladies or idk try with those dolls now? I’m sure they’re gone but I can’t help but feel like they missed a lot of tiny key pieces of evidence that in the long run could’ve solved the case by now? You know?
I’m in MN and a 98 baby too. My sisters and I were always off in the woods for hours alone (mom had told us not to). We realize now that, that was bad. Heartbreaking that the mom will never know what happened, praying the rest find her/get answers.
I absolutely love how you always give back! One channel that truly does good.
I’ve watched a lot of missing person / true crime content over the years, and have never heard of LeeAnna. It makes me sad how much coverage and media attention certain cases get vs others.
For example, the amount of time, attention, and resources for Madeleine McCann. I think every missing child deserves that kind of coverage.
Hope she is found soon ❤️
I hadn’t heard of this case either and I have been watching true crime since the 80’s started with “Unsolved Mysteries”
tbh i think it’s cs there’s just so many cases like this in the world we don’t be knowing all of them. i don’t think it’s nothing personal tho yk cs none of them be celebrities
I used to live in this town. The town was a very small town. That could be why they allowed her to walk to her friends house.
Oh absolutely. I walked at that age too, I easily could have been a missing child hundreds of times.
100% I'm around the same age as LeeAnna and her sisters and we all roamed the neighborhood during that time, every town on the Iron Range is so small and we always felt like we were safe.
Absolutely. Our towns up here aren't very big or busy like most areas
I walked to friends houses I rode my bike and it wasn’t even my parents who made me
Cautious, I always worried when a car drove too slow by me or made laps. The JonBenet Ramsey case traumatized me
As a child
Yeah because children only go missing in bigger towns. You people are delusional
The effect LeeAnna going missing had on literally EVERYONE on the Iron Range is truly staggering. I always remember seeing her missing posters everywhere I went (I always remember seeing it specifically on a 25 cent candy machine, being she went missing when I was 6, in the Virginia bowling alley, about 15 minutes East, & it stayed on that machine until that bowling alley closed over 10 years later. Just a core memory etched into my brain).
Even now in 2024, every time around Father’s Day, in every household, workplace, etc. for miles people will talk about wondering whatever happened to LeeAnna & hoping a miracle happens that she’s found. Especially after her mother passed. You almost can’t find anyone who lives in Hibbing/Chisholm that doesn’t know about this story, even to this day.
I live in Minnesota and remember this case very well. I hope like the Jacob Wetterling case the truth will come out One day and the family will get answers.
The Jacob wetterling case got solved?
@@erikaweger2829 Yes, in 2016. Guy took a plea deal to only go away for 20 years for child porn in exchange for telling them the whereabouts of Jacob's body. He was killed the same night he was abducted by someone who had been molesting boys in the area for months.
I’ve been watching you for almost a decade now, and to have you cover a case from where I live is surreal. LeeAnna and my sister did beauty pageants together, she definitely was a beautiful little girl and her family deserves justice.
Love how sensitive you are to the cases you cover
Did they not test the Barbie case and Barbies for fingerprints and DNA?
Good note.
You do know that it degrades for one. And two if she was playing using them there would only be her prints and dna on it. It was not like she got the case and in an hr she went missing. A substantial amount of time passed between two events.
Thank you for covering this case! I work in Grand Rapids, MN but travel through Hibbing and Chisholm almost everyday, never heard of this case until now.
Why I look forward to Tuesdays!
Moi aussi je veux un cœur tatie Kendall 😊😊❤
Thank you for covering this, everyone here called her "Beaner" and we're still posting fliers for her. Many of us in the Iron Range of Minnesota know the family personally looking for her! ♡Minnesota doesn't get the recognition it should for our cases so seeing something talked about so close to home, as a community I think we could all agree, makes us feel less alone up here. Thank you Kendall.
Agree
People called her a racial slur for Mexicans? Thats kind of a really weird thing to bring up.
@@Mark_Hale I don’t think her nickname was given to be rude or disrespectful, however, that is the nickname her family called her at the time.
@@Mark_HaleIt would never cross my mind that that was a racial slur, but I don’t know anyone who uses racial slurs. Sometimes a cute nickname is just a cute nickname.
@@Mark_Haleit's her nickname but 20 years later it's sadly being used as a racial slur
Just submitted to the form, but please cover the case of Harmony Montgomery! She was also five at the time and the case really highlights the issues of foster care and child safety 😢
I live in Manch. I wish he would just give up where she is.
@@meliss9536 I grew up in Hooksett, it was so strange to realize how close to home it was. Just heartbreaking!
This is literally my biggest fear in life. Even more so than losing one of my children. The idea of not knowing if my children are in constant pain or fear is unimaginable. My heart goes out to this family.
I’m glad you are kind towards the mother ❤
Wild
My heart is so sad for this family. I'm so sorry for this family to have to go through so much pain. A loss of a sister and mom. Horrible for this family. Sending healing prayers
I lol at how you didn't show your reaction to drinking that 😂
Right?! Like I don’t think she’ll be full on shitting us with her sponsors but I also chuckled when she cut right before it hit her tongue.
What do you mean? Is it nasty or something?
“Look at that consistency…”
😂😂😂i noticed that too. I almost want to try it just to see if it’s nasty or not.
You do see it go in her mouth lol, wot
I hope justice is found for this poor girl and that her mother is resting peacefully. Rip 🤍
My heart and prayers go out for this family
I knew Leanna! My grandma lived down the street! Such a sad story:( it breaks my heart that we still don’t know what happened to that sweet little girl!
One thing I LOVE about this family, is that they don't add to the rumor mill. If you have questions or doubts, Chris is more than happy to talk about her and what they know, and what is rumor. He will let you feel how you feel about it, based on the facts, not rumors. I pray this family finds her, they were forever changed in a moment.
In 2003 or 1993 or 1973 , I'm not letting my 5 year old walk a block and half to a neighbors house thay I hadnt even coordinated with prior too.This just doesn't make sense at all. I hate this for LeeAnna 😢
Agreed with you never not even my 10 year old
This story is so devastating. All of the what if’s must be so haunting. Best wishes for this entire family
I was 5 years old riding my bike alone around my neighborhood. I was also born in 1998, I’m beyond thankful nothing bad happened to me.
My prayers go out to this family. 🥺🙏🏽
God bless NCMEC and Kendall Rae and prayers for LeeAnna
Instead of cp it’s recommended to use the term csam. Child s abuse material. Thanks for a thorough and compassionate video on this case. I’ve wondered about it for years
Can't even imagine having this happen irl to a family 😢
What do you mean irl? This is is real life, it did happen, their pain is real. This is not just a sad story you watch for entertainment...
This occurred in my hometown and has been such a mystery for all these years. Thank you for bringing awareness to the case, Kendall! LeeAnna's family deserve answers, justice, and the ability to grieve after all these years.
The monster thing is common and the I'm going to runaway too--but her new family comment would have made me ask lots of questions. The Barbies too; yes its common for kids to 'steal' from friends but you ask where they got them and if they don't confess you call ALL the friends and return the toys and use it as life lesson.
That is strange that they didn’t look into this. I know I would of. My mom would, we had a neighbor that would buy me stuff. I remember she asked me where I got this. Our neighbor was just a super nice person.
I have to think, in a town so small, it has to be someone local that took her. Hiding a secret that long is hard. It’s hard keeping something to yourself if someone did in fact take her. Maybe with renewed interest, more tips may come in and the family can get some answers.
I know the family that LeeAnna went to visit were supposedly at Target but could that have been a false alibi? I hate to think one of the adults did something to her while the rest of the family was at Target. Like was that family cleared at all?
All of these cases are devastating but cases of missing children hurt to the core. The pain and constant worry the family experiences is unimaginable. I hope your coverage helps find answers
her shoes being left at the friend’s house is intriguing… would she be wandering the neighborhood without shoes? if she kicked off her shoes, she’d likely go around to the backyard and might have been spotted/abducted there. hard to imagine she’d walk sidewalk / asphalt barefoot
I wonder if the 2 neighbours noticed her being barefoot or not?
@@claudiacote9236the neighbors are so weird to me- if there was a random little girl without shoes on why would either of them not been more alarmed / taken closer attention i think they were ruled out way too soon
@user-ac2024 truth be told, little kids love being bare foot. I can't get my 4.5 yr old to wear shoes ever. I was the same way
That part is weird. But I'm not a parent. Why would the kid just leave shoes there
No words for this family. Unimaginable. You do good work.
For any parents that are critiquing these parents for allowing their child to walk at five years old, should not only consider that 2003 was a different time, but also that this child knew the route and obviously was not something. her parents allowed her to do regularly. I grew up in the 1980s and 1990s and what I was able to do as a small child in that time would now have had me removed from my mother’s care in 2024. These parents need support and compassion.
I agree. My husband was allowed to walk to close friends house when he was like 7-8. But now in 2024 we don't allow our kids to do the same. We're not allowing to walk places till they're in middle school.
I understand this but in the 90s I was never allowed to walk anywhere without my siblings or a parent. I think my mom was just overly protective but turns out, she had every right to be
It's more about the fact that it was a small town than which year. In big cities, this wouldn't have been acceptable even in the 80s. I was born in the 80s in a decent sized city and it was already unacceptable then to let a 5 year old walk around alone.
I felt like I was back in the 70s where parents were starting to take better precaution than the decade before. I wasn't allowed to do it in the 60s. The Zodiac killer, Jack the Ripper, etc. scared the crap outta my parents. By the time 70s came around .. Manson, Bundy, Dahmer, Gacey, .. we started to see serial murders in our own communities. The late 80s took 2 of my schoolmates _HORRIFIC CRIME SCENES_ and a string of others. Everyone was on edge> In the 80s. The 90s brought all kinds of weirdos. Repressed folk from the 60s and 70s. The world's only gotten worse from then.
God, keep our children safe from harm. Open the gates of hell and sweep these horrible childnappers to their final, restless place because there's no place here for pedophiles and child abuse.
Goodness, we’re talking about 2003, not 1963. Five year old wandering the streets and playing in lakes without adult supervision was not even a thing in 1983/4 when my daughters were born.
Of course the parents deserve compassion- you’re correct- but can we stop pretending like 2003 was that much different than today? Anyone remember Madeline McCan? No one thought it was ok for her and the twins to be left alone in a hotel room, much less the street.
As a mom I can imagine that never left her conscious that she let her go on her own even when she was passing. Sitting so heavy on the heart. :(💔
The world should be a place where a little girl can walk safely to a friends house and then come home and never be featured on a true crime channel. Peoole in Japan have sent their kids on their ways across the city to school alone for years but i guess there is just a higher concentration of depravity here in the US
Summer Wells?? My heart still breaks for that sweet little girl and what happened to?? I REFUSE to believe that nobody knows anything about her 💔💔💔
she’s probably already covered her summers story has quite a bit of coverage as it should of course!
I always hate when the loved ones pass before knowing what happened 😢
I feel so bad for this family. I have a 5 year old and idk what I would do if this happened to her and it's so terrible that the mom passed away before she got answers which just makes it even harder for that family. It breaks my heart
May child n her mom rest in heaven and rest of family prayers
In the 80s I was almost kidnapped TWICE! Both times were a vehicle slowly following me and my cousin the first time, and then me & my friends the second time. They stopped both times and first potential kidnappers said to get in their car to see their puppy. Second potential kidnappers said our parents asked them to drive us home. They looked sketchy so we ran away screaming both times.
I always wonder how many kids were taken back then that didn’t run away like me🥹 I pray even now years later all missing kids are found🙏🏻
The police also interviewed the parents for a lengthy amount of time to verify their aliblies and made sure they didn't have anything to do with their daughters disappearance.
Im 49 . I used to explore like Leanne. I remember several odd moments with men in cars and trucks, which always stuck out to me trying to talk to me. I never told my parents because our neighborhood was so safe . Im so thankful nothing happened. But like you said, you cant make comments about the parents letting her have free range
Thank you for covering this case. I grew up in Chisholm and this haunts the ppl of this town. ❤❤
The fact that her and I have the same birthday, and she went missing the year I was born makes this case even more heartbreaking. Missing children cases are just so terrible. Love that her sisters are still looking for her
Kendal looking like fire again 🔥
It's definitely important to keep hope alive. Someone's familial DNA could link them to other family members. A man who has been missing for 73 years was found this week! Prayers for peace for this family.
I definitely walked to friend's houses arounf that age, when we lived in a small subdivision. It wasnt very far, across the street or doen the block. That poor mum
This is a case my family often spoke about growing up. I’m from this area (from Grand Rapids MN). Thank you for covering this case. We’re such a small area, and the missing children there often don’t get the traction on their cases that they deserve.
What a heartbreaking story 💔
You said that letting your kid walk to their friend's house wasn't a great idea. But in 2000, 2003 etc. It wasn't a bad idea. We lived in a very different world in the early 2000s, so letting your child do that would have been perfectly normal. Yes, this horrific thing happened but most of the time these things happened with ppl who are known to the family (not saying that's the case here) but for anyone to make that comment based on the time frame would show complete ignorance on the commenter's part, not the mom bc that was something almost every single parent would do back then.
I respect your commentary. In small towns there's a sense of community. Everybody knows everybody so it's not out of the ordinary for a 5 year old to go walking around by themselves. If it was the city, then I would say something. I miss that small town community feel.
Whitney and Karlee are truly such strong, resilient, wonderful young women. I hope they can find peace.
Ur cat behind you in that bed is incredibly calming 💕💕💕💕
HOW can someone get turned on by children? Makes me absolute ILL! I have an almost 6 year old daughter, and I'd happily take life in prison if someone hurt my baby!
Absolutely sick. Yes I have a 6 yr old son, 4 yr old son and 9 month old daughter. This makes me nervous
KENDALLL I LOVE YOU IVE BEEN WATCHING YOU SINCE DAY 1 & YOU HAVE A WHOLE BABY NOW OMG 😭🩷
I was 5 years old in the 90s and DEFINITELY walked to my friends houses all the time
Well I was born in 92 and was never allowed to wonder alone so maybe I just had good parents
Hi there is a 6 year old girl missing in ZA , Joslyn Smit. It's been over a 100 days. Please look into it..
Something about your videos calms me. Lowers my heart rate. I am in the ER right now due to a really bad asthma attack (I was blue all over when they got to me) I can't leave here til my heart rate drops. So I came here.
An hour later and I'm free! Kendall never fails to calm me. ❤️
What?
@@DrPAngus what do you mean what? I had an asthma attack that almost took my life. Once I was in stable condition, the ER doctor told me I couldn't be released cuz my heart rate was too high. So, I came to watch a Kendall Rae video because it calms me down and lowers my heart rate so I could go home. (I really missed my fiancee and wanted to be with him. He had no way to me.) her video helped calm me
omg!!! a local case to me!!!! thank you for covering leeanna’s case kendall 🥰
You look great Kendall! Looks like you’ve been working hard to hit some goals!
As a cancer survivor and now back to patient - let’s normalise saying passed from cancer and not lost her battle. There are no losers.