{"id":7076,"date":"2026-08-22T14:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076"},"modified":"2026-08-22T14:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:04:41","slug":"evidence-eyewitnesses-helping-narrow-down-possible-location-in-randy-leach-cold-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076","title":{"rendered":"Evidence, eyewitnesses helping narrow down possible location in Randy Leach cold case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 38 years, the family of Randy Leach is cautiously hopeful that a new investigation could finally reveal what happened to the Missouri teen who vanished after a 1988 bonfire party. Law enforcement officer Blake McMahan, investigating on his own time, says witness accounts and evidence have narrowed the search to a possible location where Randy may have been the victim of foul play. He is now working with canine teams and search experts as Randy\u2019s mother, Alberta Leach, continues to hope her son can finally be brought home.From LINWOOD, Kan. \u2014 KSHB 41 News anchor\/I-Team reporter Sarah Plake is looking for story ideas in Kansas City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 38 years, the family of Randy Leach is cautiously hopeful that a new investigation could finally reveal what happened to the Missouri teen who vanished after&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Evidence, eyewitnesses helping narrow down possible location in Randy Leach cold case - Daily Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Evidence, eyewitnesses helping narrow down possible location in Randy Leach cold case - Daily Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After 38 years, the family of Randy Leach is cautiously hopeful that a new investigation could finally reveal what happened to the Missouri teen who vanished after...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-22T14:04:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/21.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/?p=7076#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/?p=7076\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2a70c915d456a633818b0ddb88a47b11\"},\"headline\":\"Evidence, eyewitnesses helping narrow down possible location in Randy Leach cold case\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-22T14:04:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/?p=7076\"},\"wordCount\":118,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/?p=7076#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/21.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/?p=7076#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/?p=7076\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/?p=7076\",\"name\":\"Evidence, eyewitnesses helping narrow down possible location in Randy Leach cold case - Daily Post\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/?p=7076#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/?p=7076#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/21.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-22T14:04:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2a70c915d456a633818b0ddb88a47b11\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/?p=7076#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/?p=7076\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/?p=7076#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/21.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/21.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":576},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/?p=7076#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Evidence, eyewitnesses helping narrow down possible location in Randy Leach cold case\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Post\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2a70c915d456a633818b0ddb88a47b11\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/527adb31542c302d0c7ebbdb2e616be8fcdf1f1910b44d900e8233a513383118?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/527adb31542c302d0c7ebbdb2e616be8fcdf1f1910b44d900e8233a513383118?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/527adb31542c302d0c7ebbdb2e616be8fcdf1f1910b44d900e8233a513383118?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dailypost71.net\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Evidence, eyewitnesses helping narrow down possible location in Randy Leach cold case - Daily Post","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Evidence, eyewitnesses helping narrow down possible location in Randy Leach cold case - Daily Post","og_description":"After 38 years, the family of Randy Leach is cautiously hopeful that a new investigation could finally reveal what happened to the Missouri teen who vanished after...","og_url":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076","og_site_name":"Daily Post","article_published_time":"2026-08-22T14:04:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/21.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/#\/schema\/person\/2a70c915d456a633818b0ddb88a47b11"},"headline":"Evidence, eyewitnesses helping narrow down possible location in Randy Leach cold case","datePublished":"2026-08-22T14:04:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076"},"wordCount":118,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/21.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076","url":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076","name":"Evidence, eyewitnesses helping narrow down possible location in Randy Leach cold case - Daily Post","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/21.jpg","datePublished":"2026-08-22T14:04:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/#\/schema\/person\/2a70c915d456a633818b0ddb88a47b11"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/21.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/21.jpg","width":1024,"height":576},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?p=7076#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Evidence, eyewitnesses helping narrow down possible location in Randy Leach cold case"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/","name":"Daily Post","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/#\/schema\/person\/2a70c915d456a633818b0ddb88a47b11","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/527adb31542c302d0c7ebbdb2e616be8fcdf1f1910b44d900e8233a513383118?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/527adb31542c302d0c7ebbdb2e616be8fcdf1f1910b44d900e8233a513383118?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/527adb31542c302d0c7ebbdb2e616be8fcdf1f1910b44d900e8233a513383118?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/dailypost71.net"],"url":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7078,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7076\/revisions\/7078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost71.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}