Leon Laureles

Voices for Justice

Sarah Turney

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Just after midnight on May 10, 1996, a motorist in Brown County, Texas called 911. They report that they’d been driving along Farm Road 2126 when they saw a burning car. It was parked just off the road, near the entrance to a gun range. Minutes later, a second motorist called 911 to report they had spotted a body lying near the burning car. When the fire department and Sheriff’s deputies show up, the car is engulfed in flames. While inspecting the scene, they find the body of 30-year-old Leon Laureles. He had been shot in the back of the head, execution style. Leon’s family believes they know what happened to Leon, but their suspicions have never been confirmed. Anyone with information regarding Leon’s death or events leading up to it can contact the Brown County Sheriff’s Office at 325-646-5510. Please consider donating to or sharing the GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/leon-laureles-private-detective-and-memorial A special thank you to The Fall Line Podcast for their assistance with Leon's case. Visit https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/ to learn more. This episode originally aired on November 11, 2022. For more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.com Follow us on social media: Instagram: @VoicesforJusticePodcast TikTok: @VoicesforJusticePodcast Facebook: @VoicesforJusticePodcast Voices for Justice is hosted by Sarah Turney Instagram: @SarahETurney TikTok: @SarahETurney Facebook: @SarahETurney YouTube: @SarahTurney The introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Voices for Justice is a podcast that uses adult language and discusses sensitive and potentially triggering topics, including violence, abuse, and murder.
0:11.3	This podcast may not be appropriate for younger audiences.
0:15.1	All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
0:18.4	Some names have been changed or omitted per their request or for safety
0:21.8	purposes. Listener discretion is advised. My name is Sarah Turney and this is Voices for Justice.
0:34.7	Today, I'm discussing the murder of Leon Lurellis.
0:38.9	Just after midnight, on May 10, 1996, a motorist in Brown County, Texas calls 911.
0:45.4	They report that they'd been driving along Farm Road 2126 when they saw a burning car.
0:51.1	It was parked just off the road near the entrance to a gun range. Just a few minutes
0:56.2	later, a second motorist calls 911, and they report that they saw a body lying near the burning car.
1:02.7	When the fire department and sheriff's deputies show up, the car is engulfed in flames.
1:08.1	While inspecting the scene, they find the body of 30-year-old Leon Larellis.
1:12.8	He'd been shot in the back of the head, execution style. Leon's family believes they know what
1:18.6	happened to him, but their suspicions have never been confirmed. This is the case of Leon
1:24.7	Larellis. Juan Leon Larellis was born on January 3rd, 1966 in Mason, Texas.
1:32.7	Although his first name was technically Juan, no one ever called him by that.
1:37.2	He was referred to as Leon since pretty much the second he was born,
1:40.5	so that's the name I'm going to use for him here.
1:43.8	Leon was the youngest of nine children.
1:46.3	The child closest in age to him was 12 years older. Because of this huge age difference between the
1:52.3	siblings, Leon had stronger relationships with his nieces and nephews, many of whom were his age.
1:58.5	He was especially close to his niece Arlene, who was only two years
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