‘I fear the worst’: Family desperate for clues in sudden disappearance of Arlington man

Three weeks ago, Ed Leydon walked out of the apartment he shares with his sister Charlene -- and hasn’t been seen since.

“It was March 20th, the last time I saw him,” said Charlene Leydon. “He was asleep. When I came home that night he wasn’t home.”

Charlene figured Ed, who is known in the family as Ted, might have gone out to a bar to catch a game -- something he’d done the week before.

“I got up the next morning, he still wasn’t here,” she said. That night, Charlene filed a missing person report with the Arlington Police Department. Detectives found that the last sign of Ed Leydon was a debit charge at a Cambridge Starbucks on March 21st.

“I mean, three weeks and you haven’t even taken money out of your bank account,” Charlene said. “Not a penny. That’s why I fear the worst.”

Leydon’s Missing Poster indicates he is 56-years-old, five feet-nine and weighs 190 pounds. But there are other things to know about Ed -- most especially his long history of vision trouble.

“One eye he can’t see anything out of anymore,” Charlene said. “And his other eye, the eyesight is terrible now.”

Ed Leydon’s eye issues began at birth -- and have progressed to the point he is legally blind.

“I know it was difficult,” Charlene said. “I know it was hard for him.”

Part of her brother’s routine involved frequent changes of a contact lense -- but as far as Charlene knows, he didn’t have enough contact lenses with him to do that. In addition, Charlene noticed Ed left behind the prescription medication he uses for depression and anxiety -- mental health issues that developed as a result of his diminishing vision.

“The worst part of my day is at night coming home from work because I look up and no lights are on up here.” Charlene said. “You know... Ted’s not there. It’s lonely. It’s quiet. I don’t want it to be like this. I like coming in the door and telling him about my awful day.”

What’s awful for Charlene and other family members is the waiting -- for something, anything about their brother.

“I thought he’d show up somewhere,” she said. " The fact that nothing has come up in all these weeks is just terrible.”

If you have any information related to the disappearance of Ed Leydon, please call Arlington Police at 781-643-1212

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