Leach v. State

Bell, Justice.

The appellant, Ray Victor Leach, was convicted of the murder of Vickie Stegall, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals, and we affirm.

Vickie Stegall was last seen alive on March 16, 1986. Her skeletal remains were found on June 22, 1986, in a wooded area in Fulton County.

Before the victim’s disappearance, the victim and Leach had dated off and on for about two years and had lived together for several months in 1985 and 1986. Stegall’s niece testified that, while the couple was living together, she had heard Leach tell Stegall he would kill her if she ever left him. A…