November 7, 2015 marks 35 years since Randall Leach was last seen in Idaho while traveling to Bend, Oregon. Oregon State Police, with the assistance of Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office, Wisconsin and Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, Idaho are asking the public’s help for any information on a missing man that was last seen in 1980. RANDALL DEAN LEACH, 20 years old at the time, was last seen the morning of November 7, 1980 walking away from a Dairy Farm in Idaho Falls, ID. At the time of his disappearance, Leach was described as a white male, between 5’8″ to 5’9″ tall, about 140 to 160 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. The Oregon State Police was notified on February 2, 1981 by family members that Randall Leach was missing. He had left Wisconsin around November 1, 1980 hitchhiking towards a final destination of his sister’s residence in Bend, Oregon. The missing person case has been on-going for 35 years. During this time frame OSP has not received any information or confirmation that Mr. Leach reached his final destination of Bend, Oregon or if he had ever entered the state of Oregon. The Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office (Sheboygan, WI) became involved in this investigation due to a friendship between Randy’s father, Richard Leach, and the Deputy Inspector of the Detective Division at the time Randy went missing. That relationship between their agency and Randy’s family has continued and investigators have worked with the family to obtain Randy’s dental records which have been uploaded to the National Dental Image Repository (NDIR). By doing this, it makes images available to law enforcement and medical examiners nationwide. Investigators have also obtained DNA samples from family members which were provided to the University of North Texas (UNT)–Center for Human Identification. UNT personnel have established a DNA profile suitable for comparison for Randy Leach and that profile has been added to the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), which allows nationwide comparison. Investigators also created an entry with the National Missing and Unidentif ied Persons System (NAMUS) for Randy Leach (MP# 7429).
