The Silence of Leah Hickman: 15 years after Marshall University student's murder family has no closure

The Silence of Leah Hickman: 15 years after Marshall University student's murder family has no closure
Leah Hickman, who was reported missing on December 14, 2007, was murdered and the case still remains unsolved (WSAZ screenshot/ YouTube)

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HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA: It has been 15 years since the death of Leah Hickman, a journalism student at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Even after several years, the investigation into the 21-year-old's death is still active. Huntington Police informed that Leah Hickman was reported missing on December 14, 2007.

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According to WSAZ, Ron Hickman, Leah Hickman’s father, said, “We just kept hoping and praying all that week that we would find her alive, and then we received the news on that Friday, the week after, that she was murdered.”

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