When Lecia's older sister came home with a friend her mother sent the two out to look for Lecia. Thinking that Lecia was still at the Whaley's they drove over to find she wasn't there. It was lightly snowing at the time and Lecia's sister thought it was possible her car had broken down. The two would drive around looking for the car, but after a few hours of searching nothing was found.
Fear would set in and Lecia's mother would call the police. Family members would set out to try to find Lecia. Later that morning her car was found with a flat parked at 2300 S.W Loop 820 in Fortworth. This was only a few miles away from where she lived.
There was blood on the back bumper and inside the trunk was Lecia's body. Her throat had been slashed and she had been stabbed several times. There was a great struggle inside the car. Blood covered the front seat and there was a broken back armrest. Her jacket and scarf laid in the back seat and her car keys and two billfolds were found tossed nearby near a fence several feet away.
It's possible that someone under the guise of helping her with her flat attacked her. But it seemed that she had wounds indicating that the attacker grabbed her from behind and may have been in the back of the car already when Lecia left the Whaley's home. She was not sexually assaulted, but police believe that it may be possible that was the initial motive of the attack and Lecia was killed while fighting back.
A cigarette at the scene contained DNA from a man named Robin Carter. He lived in the area at the time and has been in and out of jail over the years for violent crimes. He claims that he had nothing to do with Lecia's murder. The case against Carter is considered weak and charges have not been filed.
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