@Betty P Yes, I also feel that this murder was likely sexually motivated. I hope they have some samples preserved to run DNA on too. It seems like the Sherrif’s Dept handling her case needs to get it’s *stuff* together though. The article says that when the station asked to interview the Jacksonville Sherrif’s Dept about this case they said: "The investigations unit has just transitioned into a new administration and they are reviewing all aspects of the day to day operations and work flow. As such, these interviews have been suspended at this time, and we are going to respectfully decline the interview.”
Here’s a link to the video that the local news just did on her case.
Project Cold Case: Leslie McCray
It appears that Project Cold Case is helping to raise more awareness for this case specifically. I cannot find any old articles about her murder except for an obituary, which I’ve attached to this post. It looks like this case was ice cold up until a week ago, frankly.
I noticed in the obituary that Leslie had a lot of different direct family members, especially siblings and half siblings, and they have many different last names. Her Father’s last name was McCray and her mother’s maiden name looks like it was Yarbrough and she must have been married to a Magee at the time of the murder and married or had children with a Hingston in the past. No judgement into that at all, I only mention this because having multiple former and current stepfathers in the life of Leslie McCray means those Stepfather’s extended families were likely in Leslie’s life as well. This broadens the pool of family members connected to her, which are usually the first type of people that investigators look at when someone is murdered.
The fact that Leslie’s cousin and mother believe they know exactly who murdered her could also indicate that they know this suspect personally and that it was not a stranger. Whether that is true and whether that means that person is a family member, boyfriend, or family friend, I can only speculate.
The obituary also mentions that Leslie was a student at North Florida University (she was only 17 so maybe she skipped a grade?) and a waitress at Sliders Restaurant. Could the person in question be a college/high school ex boyfriend of Leslie’s or an obsessed resultant regular?
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