208 - The Disappearance of Leichia Reilly
Trace Evidence
Steven Pacheco
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🗓️ 19 November 2022
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Summary
On a bitterly cold winter night in January of 1985, twenty-one year old Leichia M. Reilly left her family home to visit a popular, local nightspot. She never made it home and early the next morning, her parents reported her missing.
Investigators tracked down everyone who had been at the bar that night and found several witnesses who stated that they saw Leichia leaving at approximately 3am in the company of another man, off-duty NY State Trooper Daniel D. Rose. Rose did not report being at the bar that night, nor did he tell investigators he had seen the missing woman.
Rose quickly hired a lawyer, denied leaving with Leichia, denied knowing her and denied being involved in whatever happened to her. Severely lacking evidence, and having never found a body, detectives had nothing to work with and cannot even technically classify it as a homicide, rather than a missing persons case.
Leichia's father, Patrick Reilly, was devoted to finding his daughter and seeing her killer put behind bars. He made a vow that both of these things would happen, but tragically, passed away after thirty years of wondering, searching and hoping. What happened to Leichia that cold January night and what secrets might the former police officer hold about her fate?
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| 0:30.0 | 21-year-old Lisa Riley was a smart, talented, soulful young woman with dreams of becoming a writer and perhaps an artist. |
| 0:47.0 | A student at nearby Buffalo State College, Lisa lived at home with her parents in West Senica, a town in Iri County, New York. |
| 0:56.0 | She'd grown up there, had all of her memories there, and tragically as fate would have it, she would mysteriously disappear from there as well. |
| 1:05.0 | It was the evening of Wednesday, January 30, 1985, Lisa headed out with a friend for a few drinks, some laughs, and maybe even a little dancing. |
| 1:14.0 | Arriving at the pier, Sarrow, a popular night spot in town, the evening began without a hitch in the two friends were having a blast. |
| 1:22.0 | A few hours later, after midnight, Lisa's friend headed home for the evening, leaving the 21-year-old to find her own ride home. |
| 1:30.0 | She has never been seen again. |
| 1:33.0 | Multiple witnesses reported seeing Lisa walking out of the bar alongside another patron. |
| 1:38.0 | He was no stranger, known to many in the establishment as an off-duty New York State trooper, who frequented the local club in Bar scene. |
| 1:47.0 | In the days and weeks following Lisa's disappearance, this man would deny knowing her, leaving with her, or having any knowledge of what might have become of her. |
| 1:57.0 | Investigators would find themselves handcuffed by an absence of evidence so vacant, they couldn't even prove that a crime had been committed. |
| 2:05.0 | For more than 30 years, Lisa's father fought to keep her name in the public and her story alive. |
| 2:12.0 | In desperation to retrieve his daughter, give her a proper burial and see her killer charged and sentenced, he refused to give up the fight. |
| 2:20.0 | In a letter to his daughter, Patrick Riley promised to return her home and see justice done. |
| 2:27.0 | Sadly, he passed away before the truth could be learned and Lisa has never been located. |
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