Anastasia Nicolazzi
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard Jun 2025
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Hours later, at about 10 p.m. that night, Leslie's car was spotted by local police. still parked at the entrance to the quarry, which was definitely unusual for the remote area.
And it was a welcome phone call because Leslie's mom was beside herself with worry. She explained to the officer that she had expected her daughter home hours before. And for her not to check in was totally out of Leslie's character. That Leslie typically had a routine and stuck to it.
And that's what they did. By morning, the police were searching for Leslie, but there was no sign of her. And while Leslie was technically an adult, there was enough troubling details about her disappearance that they treated this as a potential crime or missing persons case.
But despite the information coming from fellow law enforcement, the lead proved to be little help in finding Leslie. Police had no license plate number and no other signs of the man or his car were reported or found. Investigators next turned to Leslie's car and forensics, hoping for a lead.
The coincidence of finding this victim of a recent self-inflicted gunshot wound during a search for a missing woman was too much to ignore. Police had to consider that this unidentified man may have had something to do with Leslie's disappearance.
Investigators were back at square one. They continued their search of the hills, adding officers on horseback to the team. And as the critical first 48 hours passed, Leslie's family began to fear the worst.
We do want to warn you that the description of the attack is graphic, disturbing, and may be triggering for some.
So, Scott, you know, even beyond the obvious horror here, like you do have to start to think about, well, what does this scene tell us about the person who did this to Leslie?
You know, and the one thing that stands out to me very clearly while there's lots of question marks is this like power, control, possible misogyny or actually definite, I think, misogyny, hatred of women just by the way he took what is normally a woman's piece of clothing, you know, her clothes. her pantyhose, her tights, whatever she was wearing, and used that to quiet her or subdue her.
As investigators examined the crime scene for clues, another detail left them with more questions than answers.
At autopsy, it was confirmed that Leslie had been severely beaten and that strangulation was the cause of her death. The medical examiner also made another discovery during the exam.
Despite Leslie's state of undress when she was found, there was no actual physical evidence of a completed sexual assault, which led investigators to wonder whether it was that Leslie had managed to fight off her attacker or or at least what became clear, died trying.
Remember, this was the 1970s, and DNA testing was not an available technology at the time. But investigators could use blood typing to at least narrow down a pool of suspects.
With no other identifying evidence and no witnesses to the crime... Police were faced with an almost impossible task. Leslie's killer could literally be anyone, even possibly someone she knew.
People that may have known her routine, someone who may have followed her to the hills, and who had a dark desire to kill.
And starting in May of 1972, there had been a string of unsolved murders of young women in the Bay Area, including college students and hitchhikers from nearby Berkeley and Santa Cruz, murders that would later be connected and attributed to Ed Kemper, nicknamed the co-ed killer. So you can only imagine the fear that the community must have been experiencing.
At that point, no one was beyond suspicion. But one by one, the police were able to investigate each tip and eliminate them as connected to Leslie's case.
Tragically, it would be another murder with undeniable similarities to Leslie's death that would reignite the case and provide crucial clues to solving it.
The body was that of Janet Taylor. And there were immediate comparisons and similarities to Leslie Perloff's murder, which had also taken place in a desolate area just a few miles away.
And I think that's exactly it, Scott, that it's either in this crime sense, practical to slow down your victim from running away. But also again, when we talk about signatures and things that are ritualistic, they don't necessarily make sense to most people. It is just something in the mind of the attacker, right? Why does someone pose someone's body?
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