LEAVENWORTH — No matter what the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Department does in its efforts to find Randy Leach, the boy’s father won’t be satisfied until he knows what happened to his son.

Harold Leach, Randy’s father, admits he’ll never be satisfied with an unsolved mystery.

However, Leach insists that officers have a number of options they aren’t exercising in their effort to find out what happened to Randy, a Linwood High School senior who disappeared after a rural graduation party more than two years ago.

Randy and the family car, a gray 1985 Dodge 400, were last seen at about 2 a.m. April 16, 1988.

Leach had hoped for an inquisition, but was told that not enough evidence existed to warrant the action. Leavenworth County Atty. Frank Kohl said he must be able to swear under oath that a crime has been committed before he can call for an inquisition.

“I STILL think the inquisition would be a valuable, valuable tool,” Leach said during a meeting with Leavenworth County Sheriff Terry Campbell Monday.

“It’s a way to find facts. If we can’t do that, I think they should take sworn statements from these people and clarify some points. It gets pretty frustrating to see it go 2 years and still we haven’t done it.”

Soon after Randy’s disappearance, a young man reported seeing a man’s body hanging in the caves at a cold storage facility south of Bonner Springs. Campbell said officers have looked into the report, but have found no connection to Randy’s disappearance. He said authorities intend to take a sworn statement from the man, but Leach wonders why they have waited so long.

CAMPBELL says money and staff restraints limit the time his department can devote to the case.

“We’ve got a young man, and for no apparent reason, he’s gone,” he said. “I don’t know what to think. We’re going to look at everything we have, but with the turnover and the shortage I have in staff, I only have two detectives. With the limited staff, we try to utilize time based on what is most important or who has the most information.”

Campbell said officers have investigated a number of sightings reported by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and tried to follow every lead that comes through his office. He hopes to bring an expert from the national center to Leavenworth in December to review the case and provide suggestions.

“It’s not over,” Campbell said. “We’re not through. This case isn’t closed.”

IN THE meantime, Leach spends his days reading documents and transcripts of interviews, making phone calls, writing letters and searching for some clue to his son’s whereabouts.

Although he tries not to assume the worst, Leach said he would rather find out his son was dead than find out nothing at all.