MUS-2026-0078
Archive card
MUS-2026-0078
Missing person
- Incident
- 1992
- Indexed
- Oct 4, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Tupelo Police Department
- Location
- Tupelo MS
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Leigh Occhi, 13, disappeared from her Tupelo, Mississippi home on the morning of August 27, 1992, while Hurricane Andrew swept through the region. Her mother found blood in the house and no sign of her. She was declared legally dead in October 2024. No one has ever been charged, and the Tupelo PD file has been dormant since the lead investigator retired in 2009.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 1992
Leigh Occhi, 13, disappears from her Tupelo home while Hurricane Andrew sweeps through. Her mother finds blood in the house.
- 2009
The lead investigator retires and the file goes dormant.
- 2024
She is declared legally dead. No one has ever been charged.
Key people
The people in the file.
13, of Tupelo, Mississippi. Disappeared August 27, 1992. Declared legally dead in October 2024.
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