Patsy Laverne Leonard was 23 when her nude body was found in a shallow creek in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma on January 1, 2004. Her body had been dropped from a bridge near the intersection of Interstate 40 and State Highway 99. An autopsy confirmed she had been strangled and her death was ruled a homicide.

Leonard was last seen alive on December 21, 2003, when she left a Wichita Falls hotel to go to a nearby convenience store; her boyfriend, Herman Ladell Johnson, reported her missing on December 27. Investigators noted she had prior prostitution convictions in Texas and quickly linked her killing to a pattern of similar unsolved murders across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi that began in 1999. Authorities believe she was among at least ten women targeted by a suspected serial killer thought to be a long-haul truck driver who discarded victims from bridges.

Law enforcement agencies met in Oklahoma City in February 2004 to coordinate the multi-state inquiry. A suspect once considered, Cory Morris, was later ruled out. No arrest has been announced and the case remains unsolved. Did anyone in the Wichita Falls or I-40 corridor region recognize Patsy or see her between December 21 and December 27?