May 10th 1996 was a normal night for Leon Laureles he was getting ready for his midnight shift at the local Kroger. According to his family he left the house at 11:30pm which was normal for him when working this shift as he wanted to show up a little early to talk to his friends at work. Later that night eyewitnesses called the police regarding a car that was engulfed in flames on FM 2126 about 5 miles outside of Brownwood, Texas. When officers arrived they found Leon with a gunshot wound to his head. This case is 26 years old and remains unresolved to this day.
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References:
https://uncovered.com/cases/leon-laureles-brownwood-tx/timeline
https://www.facebook.com/529948467076832/posts/cold-case-on-leon-laureles-murder-reopened-it-has-almost-been-24-years-since-ban/3489028157835500/?paipv=0&eav=AfZV9i84GzqUv9rjai3WFUyl8vFbN1YWei8EQ9tTeF8sK1q6vWgpb1_lrgCtLosOcX8&_rdr
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106781681/2-911-calls/
https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/hate-crime-statistics
https://www.equalitytexas.org/new-report-shows-epidemic-of-violence-against-lgbtq-texans/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/737819/number-of-gender-or-sexual-orientation-related-hate-crime-victims-in-the-us-by-motivation/
https://ucr.fbi.gov/hate-crime/2018/tables/table-1.xls