135 - The Murder of Leah Rowlands

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Forty-one year old Leah Rowlands was starting a new life. She moved to the small town of Cozad, Nebraska where her boyfriend lived. She had been married previously, from which she had two sons, but had fled from what she described as a very abusive relationship.

Now in Cozad, she was putting the pieces back together. She had just been promoted to manager at the Amoco station where she worked. However, while her first day under her new position should have been a good one, Leah would be brutally murdered in a bizarre robbery.

While police theorized that the crime may have been random, Leah's brother argued that it may have been an organized hit, funded by Leah's own ex-husband.

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0:56.9	The killer, Moments Earlier, had stared directly into the surveillance camera before having
1:06.9	Leah lie down where he subsequently executed her.
1:11.8	Investigators had a lot of evidence.
1:13.3	Fingerprints in surveillance footage which clearly depict the killer, though the license
1:17.2	plate of his car was illegible.
1:20.1	While investigators have argued that the crime was most likely random, committed by someone
1:24.2	passing through, some members of Leah's family
1:26.8	believe it could have been a killer for hire paid for by Leah's own ex-husband.
1:33.2	This is Trace Evidence, Episode 135, The Murder of Leah Rollins.
1:45.6	Welcome to Trace Evidence.
1:47.2	I'm your host, Stephen Pacheco.
1:49.6	Today we examine the horrifying murder of Leah Rollins, before getting into the case
1:55.4	just a few notes about the show.
1:57.8	Trace Evidence is a weekly true crime podcast focused on unsolved murders and disappearances.
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