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we had gotten a duty call from Leanne Brown's chief petty officer because Leanne Brown had not
reported to work and had not called her chief petty officer to say I'd be late or I'm going to be sick Chief thought
this was very unusual and notified NCIS [Music] a missing sailor for one day is not a
felony case but I had 20 years of experience and a gut instinct told me there was something there don't ignore
this [Music] this case initiated in June of [Music] 2001 a civilian had noticed two bodies
laying a short distance off the road in the woods in Prince George's County I remember clearly it was a
Sunday afternoon bright and sunny warm outside we had no idea of any information we just had two unidentified
bodies in the woods we're still trying to determine how they got to akake all we knew we had
a white female and a white male shot execution style within 12 in from their head Prince George's County was at a
loss on the other hand NCIS had a missing sailor I'm Leah I lived in Houston for 2 years before I joined the
Navy Leah is the light of my life my only [Music] child we would I am every morning say
[Music] hello this particular Monday morning I I Amed her and she never got back with me and I waited a
little while and then I finally called her captain and and they told me that they felt she was
[Music] missing Sunday evening our older son Mark called and he said I have to tell
you that something strange is going on Michael is missing and Leah is missing also I said
Mark did they identify those bodies that were found in akek I said is that what they
think and he said maybe we drove home with this horrible Cloud hoping that this wasn't true but
knowing deep down that it was it just couldn't be happening but it was bit by bit we were really realizing that
it probably was Michael Patton and lean brown being shot execution style is more
personal and so now it just heightens okay what was going on why were they shot in this manner
these people are the most heinous I I I hesitate to even use people these are the most heinous type
of criminals they wanted to know what it would feel like to murder somebody the NCIS mission is global
we're on aircraft carriers we're in foreign ports we watch after after each other we take care of each other NCIS
deal with every type of crime cyber fraud murder Counter Intelligence counterterrorism every crime is a
tragedy involve sisters brothers husbands I feel it very personally we live in dangerous times and we're never
going to give up NCIS the cases they can't forget

Two dead, one of them a beautiful Navy sailor. Why does this case still haunt the agents who hunted the killer? All new Tuesday, May 23 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

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Brief Summary

The episode discusses the investigation of missing sailor Leanne Brown and the discovery of two bodies in Prince George's County.

Key points

A Missing Sailor. Leanne Brown's unusual absence prompts NCIS involvement, raising concerns about her safety.
Unidentified Bodies Found. Two bodies discovered in the woods lead to a chilling investigation.
Family's Worst Fears. Leah's family grapples with the possibility of her being among the victims.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

It just couldn't be happening, but it was.

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