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Police Investigate Mysterious Disappearance of N.Y. Schoolteacher, Leah Walsh

By David Lohr

Police in Long Island, N.Y., are investigating the disappearance of 29-year-old Leah Walsh, a Bethpage schoolteacher who went missing on Oct. 27. According to police, Leah contacted her husband, William "Bill" Walsh, Monday morning and told him that her car had broken down on the Oyster Bay Expressway near Bethpage. Bill reportedly went to help his wife; however, when he got there, she was nowhere to be found. Her vehicle, a 2005 black Ford Focus, license plate DNU 5876, was found parked on the northbound shoulder of the road with a flat tire. At about 6:30 a.m., Bill contacted police and alerted them about the situation. During a search of the area, investigators found Leah's purse discarded on the side of the road. Despite the find, investigators say that they are treating the incident as a "missing person" case and not an abduction...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on October 28, 2008 (boomark / email).