Family seeks answers are woman goes missing

>> WRAL NEWS AND NC WANED.

PARTNERING TO CATCH CRIMINALS.

>> LEAH ROBERTS DISAPPEARED 15

YEARS AGO THIS MONTH.

WRAL'S GERALD OWENS HAS THE

PUZZLING DETAILS INTO TONIGHT'S

NC WANTED MYSTERY.

>> IT MALLLY, WE JUST WANT TO

KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.

>> Reporter: CAROL ROBERTS

LONGS TO SEE HER SISTER AGAIN.

FORMER NC STATE STUDENT LEAH

ROBERTS LEFT WITHOUT A WORD TO

ANYONE AFTER THE DEATH OF HER

PARENTS.

>> IT IS UNLIKE HER TO HAVE NOT

CALLED TO LET US KNOW SHE IS

OKAY.

ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT HER CAR

WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND BY NOW.

>> Reporter: POLICE IN

WASHINGTON STATE FOUND HER

WRECKED JEEP ALONG THIS LOGGING

ROAD.

THE SUV WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT

AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED BUT

LEAH WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

>> THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF

INJURY, BLOOD, NO MARKS ON THE

WINDSHIELD THAT INDICATED

ANYONE MAY HAVE CRASHED INTO

IT.

>> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS SAY

RECEIPTS IN THE VEHICLES SHOW

GASOLINE WAS PURCHASED IN

BROOKS, OREGON.

FOUR DAYS AFTER SHE LEFT

RALEIGH.

A MOVIE THEATER TICKET WAS

PURCHASED FOR THE FILM AMERICAN

BEAUTY.

IN 2004, VOLUNTEERS TRAVELED

3,000 MILES, RETRACING HER

TRACKS AROUND THE ANNIVERSARY

OF HER DISAPPEARANCE.

DOING ANYTHING THEY CAN TO

BRING HER HOME.

>> I MISS HER SMILE, HER SENSE

OF HUMOR, HER SARCASM.

HER LOVE OF LIFE.

SHE IS A REALLY GOOD PERSON.

>> Reporter: THAT VOID GROWS

LARGER EACH DAY LEAH ROBERTS IS

MISSING.

>> IT NEVER GOES AWAY.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY CLOSURE.

IT IS HARD.

>> Reporter: IF YOU HAVE ANY

INFORMATION ABOUT THE

DISAPPEARANCE OF LEAH ROBERTS,

CALL OUR HOT LINE AT 1-866-43

WANTED.

THIS IS 1-866-439-2683 OR GO TO

WRAL.COM AND SEARCH REPORT A

TIP.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE US YOUR

NAME.

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