Lori Leonard, daughter of John and Madeleine Leonard — whose 1970s murders in the Poconos remain unsolved — has been seriously ill in recent months, but she is undergoing treatment and hopes for a full recovery.
Even in the face of personal hardship, Lori and her husband Randy Zona, along with Lori’s twin sister, Debbie, continue to advocate not just for their own family, but for other victims’ families as well.
“We’ve been trying to get other victims’ families together with us,” they wrote. “The more people we make aware of victims’ lives and what we’ve all experienced — and still continue to experience — the more we can hopefully get some kind of justice for everyone.”
The family has been distributing flyers listing multiple unsolved cases throughout the region in hopes of building awareness and pressure for renewed investigations. They are calling for unity, shared visibility, and collective pressure on law enforcement.
If your family has been affected by an unsolved homicide or suspicious death in Northeast Pennsylvania and wants to connect with the Leonard/Zona team, please contact them at johnandmadeleineleonard@gmail.com.
I’m wishing Lori Leonard strength and healing as she continues to advocate for justice on behalf of her mother and father and other families impacted by homicide.
A podcast episode on the Leonard cases is currently in production for NEPA True Crime.
See also: Dateline NBC’s Cold Case Spotlight on John and Madeleine Leonard.