Leah Walsh disappeared

[Jaded]

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Leah Walsh, 29, called her husband William on Monday to tell him about the flat tire she got while driving on the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway near Bethpage, N.Y. — but by the time he got there she was gone, Long Island's Newsday newspaper reported.

She was reported missing by her husband at about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Officials at the school in Glen Cove where Walsh teaches autistic children also notified police when she failed to show up for work that morning.

William Walsh said that his wife's purse was found as he was searching the area around her abandoned 2005 Ford Focus with authorities later that day, the paper reported.

An emotional Walsh appealed to the public to help bring his wife home.

"You can have my cars," he told Newsday. "You can have everything. I just want my wife back."

Police said they were treating Walsh's disappearance as a missing persons case, not an abduction, the New York Daily News reported.

Lucas Bean, a friend of the young woman, told the Daily News that she had marital problems following a "huge fight" with her husband on Sunday.

Bean told the paper Williams texted him while she was traveling from her parents' house to her apartment in Bethpage.

"She was telling me that things are not going to work out with her and her husband and she had to tell me something very important, but she needed to wait til she got out of the car with him," Bean, 32, of Los Angeles, told the paper.

"She was in the car with him texting to me so that was Sunday night and they were in a huge fight," Bean continued.

Bean told the paper he never learned what the fight was about.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,444447,00.html

[Rhoni]

Ok so I am a little confused by this story.. maybe i am having a "male" moment...Was it Monday or Tuesday that she didn't show up for work at the school..Also if she called her husband about a flat on Monday was it day or night and either way why did he wait until tuesday morning to report her missing..I need more information Damn news story leaves out to much info ...Thanks for the write up though gives me something to investigate..

Ok so I have read 3 different news stories on this and they are all different in many small ways..Going to read more..

[Jaded]

Ok so I am a little confused by this story.. maybe i am having a "male" moment...Was it Monday or Tuesday that she didn't show up for work at the school..Also if she called her husband about a flat on Monday was it day or night and either way why did he wait until tuesday morning to report her missing..I need more information Damn news story leaves out to much info ...Thanks for the write up though gives me something to investigate..

It was Monday that she failed to show for work....I'm assuming that she called her husband in the a.m. because it was stated that they were searching around her vehicle 'later that day.'

I too, was wondering why he waited until Tuesday evening. Based on the fact that they found her purse with her abandoned vehicle, that should raise some suspicions.

And this statement.....

"You can have my cars," he told Newsday. "You can have everything. I just want my wife back."

I found that odd. WTF do his cars have to do with anything?

[Rhoni]

Leah Walsh, who usually leaves her home for work between 6:15 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., sent a text message to her husband at about 6:25 a.m., telling him to "have a great day," William Walsh told a reporter for 1010 WINS radio.

"That's the last I heard from her," he added through sobs.

He later told reporters outside his in-laws' home in Rockville Centre: "I want my wife back."

Police also noted that a state Department of Transportation HELP vehicle, which assists motorists with car trouble, left a sticker on the side of Leah Walsh's abandoned car at about 6:30 a.m. The stickers are used to notify police that a vehicle was undergoing some kind of mechanical difficulty.

The couple, who live in Bethpage, have been married for three years; they have no children, Smith said.


http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--missingteacher1028oct28,0,6166342.story.

my money is on the husband for this one..

[Silvahalo]

I don't know. My DD gut feeling is yeah, the husband has something to do with this. But you know, my husband and I have had fights in the past that would have had neighbors say, "yeah, he probably buried her outback, you should check...."

Just saying. fights can get really ugly but doesn't mean you'd kill your spouse...geez, for my sake I hope not! the worse we have done is throw bread...yeah bread..lol!

Seriously, I'm hoping they find her soon or she shows up pissed off but alive.

[Pixie]

It was Monday that she failed to show for work....I'm assuming that she called her husband in the a.m. because it was stated that they were searching around her vehicle 'later that day.'

I too, was wondering why he waited until Tuesday evening. Based on the fact that they found her purse with her abandoned vehicle, that should raise some suspicions.

And this statement.....

I found that odd. WTF do his cars have to do with anything?

Yes, what a very strange thing to say....?

[Unamused Cat]

my money is on the husband for this one..

That's my gut feeling too. Random kidnappings don't usually occur at that time of day.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg107/snarkyphotos/walsh.jpg

More info and video: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-liteac2912114819oct29,0,5235857.story

[impqueen]

I front paged her. This one seems a little weird to me.

[Unamused Cat]

Body found. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,444747,00.html

I'm so liking the hubby for this.

[Morticia]

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I'm not sure on this one. I do not want to become tunnel visioned when it comes to these matters. Obviously the husband would be first to be looked at funny, but what else is known about the matter at this point? One of those wait and see.

[Unamused Cat]

Husband on video. So fake.

Video on right side: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/ny-litree295902827oct29,0,5750042.story,

[Dakota Valkyrie]

While the husband is logical, I have some doubts:

You would think it would be easy enough for the cops to check where she was when the text was sent and where he was when he got it.

It was her father who found her car. On the video from police, school called mom when she didn't show. Mom called dad who was bus driver and just happened to be on that highway. He found the car. Weird.

The car DID have a flat. A bit elaborate for hubby to do all this in an open area (highway) where he could have easily been spotted and then get home to get txt message (so it would register on the correct tower).

The husband on video sounds hundreds of times more emotional than my husband ever would. Everyone would suspect mine because of his demeanor - even if innocent. So I can't tell when i don't know him.

So while husband is most logical, I'm unsure.

[Unamused Cat]

Investigators believe the body, found in a wooded area about 50 feet from a Long Island Expressway service road, had been there for more than 24 hours, Nassau County Police Lt. Kevin Smith said.

He said the woman's face was not easily identifiable, but declined to discuss other specifics.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gFtyx_r0ZaNayxjrm2HcGCV_18qgD944DPDG0

For as broken up as the hubby sounded, I saw no tears.

[Rhoni]

Husband on video. So fake.

Video on right side: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/ny-litree295902827oct29,0,5750042.story,

I just watched and I agree If there was an award given for fake crying this one would be in the running ..

[Sister Iroz]

Okay so did the school call Monday morning and the hubby Tuesday morning? This is a bit confusing but something is very suspicious here with them having a fight the night before. Seems to me it might be the USUAL SUSPECT!

[Sister Iroz]

I don't know. My DD gut feeling is yeah, the husband has something to do with this. But you know, my husband and I have had fights in the past that would have had neighbors say, "yeah, he probably buried her outback, you should check...."

Just saying. fights can get really ugly but doesn't mean you'd kill your spouse...geez, for my sake I hope not! the worse we have done is throw bread...yeah bread..lol!

Seriously, I'm hoping they find her soon or she shows up pissed off but alive.

Same thing here silvah with hubby and I. Believe me the little country store across the street has heard some humdingers many times.

I do pray she is found and unharmed but don't believe that will be the case.

[Unamused Cat]

The body has been identified as Leah Walsh.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lileah1030,0,3990585.story

[Unamused Cat]

Update: Husband arrested


Long Island teacher Leah Walsh's husband was arrested in her murder Wednesday night - hours after the missing woman's naked body was found in a ditch 13 miles from home, police said.

Nassau County police spokesman confirmed Bill Walsh was in custody, but declined to give details of his arrest or specific charges.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/10/29/2008-10-29_body_of_missing_long_island_teacher_foun.html

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Bummer. I hate when that happens. Can't wait to hear how they tripped him - or he tripped himself.

I will say, If my hubby cries when I die, I will rise from the dead. If he does not crack a joke, I will haunt him. No matter what, he will be show minimal, if any, emotion and everyone will think he offed me. I doubt that will be how I die, but folks will wonder...

[TheMorningStar]

Confessed
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William Walsh confessed yesterday afternoon to killing his wife, Leah Walsh, a 29-year-old special education teacher, and to dumping her body in a wooded area on the property of the North Hills Country Club, Det. Vincent Garcia told ABCNews.com

The 29-year old Walsh was arraigned this morning on second-degree murder charges and held without bail, according to the district attorney's office. His lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment.

Walsh had for days publicly pleaded for help in the search for his wife after her abandoned Ford Focus, broken down with a flat tire, was found Monday along a local highway near the town of Bethpage.

Police said today that when her car was first spotted Monday morning, a witness saw a person crouching near the car's front passenger tire. The person ran back to a yellow car and drove away, the witness told police. According to Garcia, William Walsh owns a yellow Mustang.

Garcia said Walsh told investigators he got into an argument with his wife early Sunday morning after returning from a trip to Atlantic City. He said the fight escalated into a physical confrontation and that Walsh killed Leah Walsh sometime on Sunday.

Garcia said Walsh left his wife's body in the house while he ran errands, including having his laundry done and eating at a local McDonald's, before dumping the body Sunday night.

Walsh left his wife's car along the side of the road Monday morning and set up the scene to look like a possible robbery, according to Garcia. Leah Walsh's purse was found in a ditch near her car.

Walsh went back later that morning for unknown reasons, Garcia said, and was seen by a witness.

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6147680&page=1

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Dumbshit obviously doesn't watch even the most basic CSI-type show.

They can tell how long a body's been dead. They can tell if it's been moved. Never drive a high-profile car when you stage a scene. I'm sure there is more we will hear...

He just made it all way worse on his family. Fucktard.

[crickett]

I just watched and I agree If there was an award given for fake crying this one would be in the running ..

Yeah, an award for REALLY BAD fake crying....
Fucking prick! I hope he gets life without parole....

[Unamused Cat]

I so knew this guy was good for this. His video cinched it for me. Sorry bastard! I hope he gets torn a new one in prison. Bah!

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Walsh's brother arrested after jail break-in

Murder defendant William Walsh Jr.'s younger brother tried to sneak into the Nassau County jail yesterday while the facility was closed to visitors and wound up getting arrested.

Thomas Walsh, 26, of Farmingdale, went to the jail after he left Nassau County Court, where his brother was not present for a short conference in his murder case. William Walsh Jr. is charged with killing his wife, Leah Walsh.

When Thomas Walsh was told that prisoners could not receive visitors on Mondays, he sneaked around to a side ramp and tried to get into the jail that way. When corrections officers tried to stop him, he tried to push past them and had to be subdued.

"It's ironic that someone would get locked up for trying to break into jail," Nassau police spokesman Kevin Smith said.http://www.newsday.com/news/local/crime/ny-libro045911256nov04,0,6989381.story

Guess these guys think rules don't apply to them.

[witzah]

how creepy - in hindsight - to know that shortly after her cryptic text message was sent (alluding to a big fight & the end of their marriage) that she was killed. when the text was received, it appears the the big fight was not yet quite over. gives me chills.

[Rhoni]

Most of the time I LOVE being right..Be honest we all do..This time I am not so happy about it..I secretly hoped she ran away although I knew it was the husband..I am a very observent person I don't miss much..It was obvious to me after reading the first couple news stories.. His stories were all different in a ltllte way..Anyway so sad it had to end this way..

HEY, LOSERS ever hear of the thing called DIVORCE??

[Unamused Cat]

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg107/snarkyphotos/walshmug.jpg
Thomas Walsh Mug

Is that an orange tear?

[justmeintn]

http://www.momlogic.com/2008/10/wife_killer_plants_lunch_for_w.php

In this article it says something about her chldren. Are they referring to the school children?

[Unamused Cat]

Yes, her school children.

[Ruby]

Ok, the brother is a fuckin' wingnut! WTH? Why would you try to sneak into the jail?

Even if he got into the building through the side ramp, what would he do once he was
inside, walk around shouting his brother's name? I mean, what happened to having the basic cognitive abilities to think shit through? Guess the family is missing a few cards from their respective decks.

Sheesh. Where's a wingnut emoticon when you need one?

[kratesis]

Orange tears.... he really must be a monster!

[Etoile]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/img/2008/world/1711_walsh_sp_lg.jpg
From http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=666705

A philandering husband allegedly strangled his wife to death, smeared her in peanut butter and dumped her body in a ditch hoping wild animals would devour the evidence, a report claims.
Something tells me this guy is not going to get the punishment he deserves. He's going to plead insanity, or it will be judged a crime of passion and he'll get something less than murder one.

Asshole has wounded my love of peanut butter, too.

[Lizard]

A philandering husband allegedly strangled his wife to death, smeared her in peanut butter and dumped her body in a ditch hoping wild animals would devour the evidence

:pound:

What a moron!

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Did he think she wouldn't be tasty enough without it?

[Etoile]

Puts a new spin on NOM NOM NOM too.

[Unamused Cat]

So that's why she was nude. I thought was trying to use the sex crime angle.

[DarkPrincess]

Next time try A1 Steak Sauce. Yeah, it's that important.

[malq]

"It's really weird. ... She said, 'I never have luck with men,'" Stern was quoted as saying in Newsday.
LOL

I am curious to know just how successful he was in getting the body eaten and what animals participated.
Being a dumbshit, he left it somewhere to be discovered.
Bye Bye Moron

[Morticia]

He looks like a brilliant criminal, just has that face. Peanut butter. Dickhead.

[Tazzzz]

William Walsh arrives at the Nassau County Courthouse where he was arraigned on additional charges in his wife Leah Walsh's murder. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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Mattie Hirschel's sobs broke the silence in the courtroom Tuesday as her son-in-law pleaded not guilty in the slaying of her daughter, Leah Hirschel Walsh.

William Walsh, the accused killer who made headlines after authorities said he staged Leah Walsh's disappearance and made phony emotional appeals for her return, stood in a gray suit facing Judge David Ayres and never turned back to face his dead wife's parents, seated in the courtroom gallery.

In addition to the murder charge, Walsh pleaded not guilty to fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and tampering with physical evidence -- both charges that were added since his arrest in October.

After the brief court appearance, Walsh's attorney, William Petrillo of Rockville Centre, said only that he planned to put forth "a compelling and truthful defense to these allegations

According to the indictment handed down recently by a Nassau grand jury, Walsh was in possession of a knife around the time of the crime.

Prosecutor Michael Walsh would not say how prosecutors believe William Walsh used the knife, but a law enforcement source said police and prosecutors are still investigating whether Leah Walsh was stabbed before she died or afterward.

They are also looking at whether she was stabbed at their Bethpage apartment or in the woods near the Long Island Expressway north service road where her body was found, the source said. A knife has not been recovered, the law enforcement source said.

Police have said Walsh strangled his wife around Oct. 26 after the two had an argument about whether he was cheating on her. Walsh then hid her body in the woods, staged a disappearance and made phony emotional pleas for her safe return, police have said.

As Leah Walsh's body lay in their home, her husband ran errands to establish an alibi, police have said. He then drove his wife's black Ford Focus to a wooded area of North Hills and dumped the body, police said. Early on Oct. 27, he left the car by the side of the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway -- letting air out of a tire to make it look as though she had a flat, police said.

Leah Walsh's body was found Oct. 28 by a worker at the North Hills Country Club. She was identified by detectives using fingerprints on file from a criminal-background check done when she became a teacher, police said.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/ny-liwals0211,0,7839787.story

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Suspect William Walsh's brothers outside of court Monday morning
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Friends and family of Leah Walsh comfort each other outside Gutterman's Funeral Home
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The light colored tan coffin of Leah Walsh is carried to burial site at Beth Moses Cemetery in West Babylon Sunday.
http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2008-11/43159476.jpg

Arrest photo of William Walsh
http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2008-10/43132945.jpg






Rest in Peace Leah (A baby photo of Leah Walsh)
http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2008-10/43117343.jpg

[Etoile]

I am probably horrible, but my first thought to

would not say how prosecutors believe William Walsh used the knife was "how else you gonna spread the peanut butter?"

RIP Leah. May your family find peace.

[Unamused Cat]

Walsh pleads guilty to strangling wife to death. He faces 18 years to life in prison.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jbfWjNiKNdz7CbKsdYHF7nXZJ4IAD9FQM5E00