On the day Leppert went missing, she called up her friend, Keith Roberts, who allegedly drove her to a local beach before they started to argue.
Roberts told authorities he left the teen in Cocoa Beach near a gas station – which was the last time she was seen alive.
Leppert’s pals told police they thought she ran away because she was unhappy with her life, but her mother didn’t believe that due to work obligations.
Then, rumors began circulating that suggested Leppert was a victim of a serial killer.
One of the suspects, John Crutchley, who committed suicide in 2022, was accused of killing 30 women in 1983.
In addition, another suspect, Christopher Bernard Wilder, was accused of killing 12 women in 1984 and was killed by police during an arrest.
Over four decades later, Leppert remains missing and her disappearance still remains a mystery.
