Cody Ackland grabbed McLeod, who was less than 5 feet tall and looked younger than her age, off the street near her home in Plymouth, drove her away and attacked her with a blunt instrument before hiding her body. in the forest. lane down on a beach. A huge search started after McLeod did not show up to meet her boyfriend. Auckland entered a police station three days after the attack and told police where to find the young woman’s body and what she had done. The couple did not know each other and the motive for the attack remains unclear, but it is believed that Auckland used force to put her in his vehicle and then hit her repeatedly. Bobbi-Anne McLeod. Photo: Facebook The assassination sparked marches, candlelight vigils and calls for urgent action to make Plymouth streets safer for women. A committee has been set up to look into violence against women and girls. It came three months after another tragedy in Plymouth when Jake Davison, a 22-year-old apprentice crane operator who harbored extreme half-hearted views, killed five people with a shotgun before turning his shotgun on himself. McLeod was last seen at 6pm on Saturday, November 20 at a bus stop near her home in the Leigham area. The alarm sounded when she did not reach her destination and police, family and friends started looking for her. Her headphones and smoke were found at the bus stop, suggesting that she had been abducted. On Nov. 23, Ackland surrendered, telling police McLeod’s body was in a forest near Bovisand Beach, seven miles from where the teenager went missing. Auckland lived with his mother in the Southway area of the city, about two and a half miles from McLund’s home. He was the lead guitarist and songwriter of the indie rock band Rakuda of Plymouth. Auckland is due to be sentenced next month, when full details of the case will be released.
