The Unsolved 2000 Disappearance Of Leah Roberts Explained

According to Kara Roberts in a 2011 episode of "Disappeared," she called Leah on the morning of Thursday, March 9, 2000. On the phone, her little sister seemed to be in good spirits and gave no indication that they wouldn't speak again. Leah then made plans with her roommate to babysit the next day. But that same afternoon, she withdrew $3,000 cash, loaded her most valuable possessions into her car, and likely left town around 6 pm.

Her roommate Nicole Weeks first noticed something was amiss when Leah failed to show up for the babysitting gig on Friday, March 10, but assumed she had probably just forgotten. Then two days passed. There was still no sign of Leah or her car, and friends had started calling the house looking for her after she missed plans. Worried, Weeks called Kara at around noon on Sunday, March 12. The two spent the next day calling everyone who might know Leah's whereabouts but were left stumped.

On the morning of Monday, March 13, a concerned Kara searched Leah's room and discovered that many of her clothes and other belongings were missing, suggesting she had packed and left voluntarily and likely wasn't the victim of a crime. As a 2001 episode of "Unsolved Mysteries" notes, it appeared that she had also taken her cat, Bea. Still, due to her recent bout of strange and impulsive behavior that friends found out of character, Kara reported her sister missing that afternoon.

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