California man arrested in 1997 cold case murder of bank teller Monica Leech

A man has been arrested for the murder California bank teller Monica Leech nearly 26 years after her death. Leech had just started her job at Weste...

March 20, 2023
8:06 AM

A man has been arrested for the murder California bank teller Monica Leech nearly 26 years after her death. Leech had just started her job at Western Financial Bank in Thousand Oaks when she was shot and killed on April 28, 1997, Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff said during a news conference on Tuesday. Two men disguised as construcion workers burst into the bank around 10:15 a.m. and demanded money from employees, KTLA reported. The pair brought Leech and two others into the vault and ordered her to open the safe.

Jessica Schladebeck