BOULDER CITY, NV - Corrections Officer Daniel Leach was laid to rest at the Boulder City Cemetery Saturday afternoon.  The burial followed Leach's funeral at the Shrine of the Most Holy Redeemer earlier in the day.

Family, friends, and hundreds of uniformed officers paid tribute to their fallen brother. While mourning his death, they found some comfort in the fond memories they shared with Leach throughout the years.

"We have stuck together through divorces, kidney surgery, and our children's school events," said Curt Wildmann, a Metro officer and long time friend of Daniel Leach.    

Leach was killed around 5:30am Saturday, November 21st near Searchlight when he was en route to pick up a prisoner.  Sheriff Doug Gillespie says Leach was the only person inside his vehicle when he came into contact with a dump truck.  The driver of the truck was not injured.

This accident comes on the heels of the murder of Metro Officer Trevor Nettleton, gunned down at his home earlier in the week.  Nettleton was laid to rest Wednesday.

Leach was born and raised in Willoughby Ohio and moved to Shreveport Louisiana.  He graduated from Southwood High School and went on to graduate formerly Northeast College now Louisiana Monroe College, with a degree in Marketing.  Leach moved to Las Vegas and was hired at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department June 18, 1984.  He is a 25 year Corrections Officer and was assigned to the Laughlin Tucker Holding Facility.  He was 49 years old.

He is survived by his wife Laura, son Christopher, daughter Alexandra, mother Sandra Leach, father James Leach, brother James Michael Leach, sister Audrey Rehmer, mother-in-law Judith Fogel and extended family to include nieces Emily, Carlie, and Sarah, as well as nephew, Nathan. 

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