MUS-2026-0324
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MUS-2026-0324
Homicide
- Incident
- 1994
- Indexed
- Oct 18, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Richmond County Sheriff's Office
- Location
- Augusta GA
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.
Leon Ellison, 17, disappeared on his birthday, March 29, 1994, after dropping his mother at work in Augusta, Georgia. He planned a trip to Regency Mall, then a 2 p.m. job interview at Applebee's on Wrightsboro Road, and never returned to pick his mother up. His car was later found at Regency Mall in the family's usual spot; investigators determined it had been moved, then brought back. His body was found about two weeks later, shot, in woods off Peach Orchard Road. Dozens of interviews and 50 polygraphs produced no charges.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- Mar 29, 1994
Ellison turns 17, drops his mother at work, and plans a trip to Regency Mall, then a 2 p.m. job interview at Applebee's on Wrightsboro Road.
- Mar 29, 1994
At 9:30 p.m., his mother waits outside her store after closing; he never returns to pick her up.
- 1994
Days later, his car is found at Regency Mall in the family's usual spot; investigators determine it had been moved, then brought back.
- 1994
About two weeks later, his body is found in a wooded area off Peach Orchard Road, miles from the car; investigators determine he was shot and killed.
- Apr 8, 2026
A WRDW 32-year retrospective reports dozens of interviews and 50 polygraphs, with no one ever charged; his mother says after the original investigator left, the case went nowhere.
Key people
The people in the file.
17. Disappeared on his birthday, March 29, 1994, after dropping his mother at work in Augusta.
Mother. Has kept seeking answers for more than three decades.
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Investigating agency
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