Detectives hope classmates, friends can help solve Weld County’s oldest cold case death

Fifty-two years after her death the Weld County Sheriff s Office is seeking help in figuring out how a California woman with seemingly no ties to Colorado was determined dead west of Platteville in The disappearance of Roxanne Leadbeater who was identified just last year using forensic genealogy is the county s oldest cold matter according to a Weld County Sheriff s Office news release Her remains were exhumed from Linn Grove Cemetery in April and usable DNA was collected and sent to the Colorado Bureau of Review which identified her as Leadbeater on Dec Roxanne Colleen Leadbeater Courtesy Weld County Sheriff s Office Since identifying Leadbeater sheriff s office detectives have learned she lived on West rd Street in Lawndale California and attended Will Rogers Junior High in Long Beach California in - and Lawndale High School in - according to the release Her skeletal remains were unveiled on the bank of the St Vrain River west of Platteville on Nov according to the FBI The sheriff s office hopes a classmate friend neighbor or acquaintance will recognize her and come forward with information about her life prior to her disappearance the agency revealed in the release Her mother died in Maui Hawaii and her father and brother both died in California Her only known relatives distant cousins who were not close to her believe she went missing around She had no known ties to Colorado so they are unsure if she was kidnapped or ran away the release states Sheriff s office detectives contacted six Los Angeles-area law enforcement agencies and none had any record of Leadbeater being stated missing or as a runaway according to the release Anyone with information on Leadbeater or the circumstances surrounding her death can contact Cold Event Detective Byron Kastilahn at - - or BKastilahn Weld Gov People can also call the county s tip line at - - or email CrimeTips Weld Gov