MISSING: Leigh Occhi
In 1992, a teenage girl disappears from her home during Hurricane Andrew, leaving behind only a few gruesome clues and kicking off a search for answers that hits closer to home than anyone could ever have expected.
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If you have any information about the disappearance of Leigh Occhi, please call the Tupelo Police Department at (662) 841-6491 or Crime Stoppers of Northeast Mississippi at 1-800-773-8477.
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Episode Source Material
- The hurricane that changed everything
- Lab analyzes blood in search for girl, 13
- Everybody a suspect as search continues for missing girl
- Remains of Tupelo teenager missing since August found
- Partial remains of missing teen-ager found in bean field
- Rest of remains of teen-ager found
- Skull not missing teen’s
- Skull puzzles Monroe authorities
- Skeletal remains are identified
- Where is Leigh Occhi? Investigators still hoping to solve
- The Mysterious Disappearance of Leigh Marine Occhi
- Teen vanished during Hurricane Andrew
- WTVA Podcasts – 13: The Search For Leigh Occhi
- 25 years later, Leigh Occhi case remains a mystery
- Police remain optimistic 25-year-old Leigh Occhi case will be resolved
- Open: The Case Of Leigh Occhi
- Mississippi Teen’s Mysterious Disappearance Examined In New Podcast
- No answers, no peace for families
- Police optimistic in search for girl
- RAINN – Perpetrators of Sexual Violence: Statistics
- Investigative project seeks to shed light on one of Tupelo’s greatest mysteries
- Tupelo teen’s disappearance remains a mystery
- After nine years, girl still missing; case remains open
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