This whole things just seems so staged. It has to be someone working from the inside.
Like I said, I am sure it was her mother from the evidence, but it is possible she had outside help. But from who?
Apparently her glasses did go missing with her along with the sleeping bag, her shoes and her under clothes. Blood (I assume Leigh's) was found on the door frame, walls, carpet and bathroom counter top. Someone tried to clean up the blood in the bathroom, but the rag that was used was never located.
Lots more information is located at the this site:
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/o/occhi_leigh.html
Also, I read Crimewriter's entry about Leigh's case and some things struck me....
Leigh's mom and the step father just seperated, the mom was gone for an hour and a half before coming home, she wasn't hysterical at the crime scene. Investigators also said they think Leigh's head struck the door frame and than she fell and bled on the floor. Perhaps she had a physical altercation with her mother? I think, if this is the case, that Leigh's mother than did not mean for her daughter to be harmed. Maybe Leigh's death was accidental in the sense that her mother didn't mean for her daughter to be killed.
I read in part IV that Leigh's mother's excuse for not cooperating to help find her daughter is because she is "afraid of what people might think of her." If my child was missing, I wouldn't care what anyone has to say about me, I would do anything and cooperate to find my kid. And she works so hard to shift the blame to a man incarcerated in prison already. How convenient for her. I just strongly believe she is responsible, or at least knows something she is not saying.
Stepping into another theory, because she went missing during the hurricane, perhaps this was a robbery gone bad. What better time to rob a housethan during a hurricane? Maybe he saw the mother leave, than he went in not knowing Leigh was there. Maybe it was a series of unfortuante events. Leigh could have opened the door thinking it was her grandma there to pick her up for her open house at school that day.
I hope they find Leigh-God Bless you, you will not be forgotten. You and your father will be in my prayers.
Source Here:
http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report/2009/07/leigh-marine-occhi-3.html