Leonard Patz

 is a thirty-six year old male with a record of indecent behaviour towards minors. He works at Freeman's Hardware.

When Benjamin Rifkin was murdered and his body was found in Cold Spring Park, Leonard was considered a prime suspect due to his previous history of offences against minors and the fact he lived near the park.

He was brought in for questioning but was released at due to lack of evidence. During this period he was released, Andy Barber remains convinced that Leonard was responsible for the murder and not his son, Jacob Barber. Andy pursued Leonard at his place of work and in his car to find answers.

Eventually, new evidence came to light in the form of a statement from Matthew McGrath who revealed that Leonard paid him to touch him inappropriately and Matthew reported Leonard to the police when he did not receive money for it. Matthew then revealed that Leonard had spoken about Ben Rifkin on many occasions.

Lynn Canavan granted a search warrant for Leonard's house but Pam Duffy and team were unsuccessful in finding the knife used in the murder.

When Jacob went to trial, Leonard was given a subpoena to appear at Middlesex County Courthouse so Joanna Klein could question him about his obsession with Ben and his whereabouts on the morning of the murder. Upon receiving this notice, Patz was coerced by James O'Leary to write a confession to Ben's murder. He was later strangled and staged to look as if he committed suicide.