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Leslie Terrence Fistel

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Last contact May 1, 1981From the cited official record

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The DOJ written statement dates last contact for Leslie Terrence Fistel on May 1, 1981. The reporting agency is Broward County Sheriff's Office (FL).

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Last contact May 1, 1981. The date type shown here follows the official source and is not silently replaced by another event date.

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Broward County Sheriff's Office (FL). This is the reporting agency, not a last-seen place.

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California Department of Justice Missing Persons. Official source checked October 21, 2026.

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California Department of Justice Missing Persons

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The DOJ written statement dates last contact on May 1, 1981. The NamUs header gives the same day, but its own account describes a departure around September 1981. Keep approximate departure, contact, age labels and the later report field separate; no source year or day is corrected here.

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