On November 2, 1978, around 10 p.m. 36-year old Leigh Ann Wilson left her apartment in Jefferson, Missouri. She had gone to a nearby gas station to get a pack of cigarettes. Around 11:30 p.m. someone saw a grey 1970's vehicle possibly a Pontiac parked along the median of U.S. Highway 63 south of Highway 163. The vehicle was parked with their flashers activated. They also saw a white man with an average build and dark hair hitting her. This would be the last time anyone would see her.
The next morning her body was found in a grassy South Hardwick Lane, just north of a roadside park near Ashland. She had been stabbed in the back and had her throat slit. It's believed that she was killed where she was found. Her vehicle was later located in the parking lot of a grocery store in Jefferson City. It's possible that she had gotten into her killer's vehicle willingly and knew them.
SOURCES:
Kansas City Times Nov. 7, 1978
St. Joseph News-Press Nov. 7, 1978
St. Louis Dispatch Nov 7, 1978
The Kansas City Times Dec. 29, 1978
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