You can read copies of the official arrest documents here:
http://www.ozarkcountytimes.com/news/article_5358fe20-8774-11e7-b6a2-cf8c5fffa707.html?fref=gc
There is a link to download the pdf on the left side of the screen. Lots of interesting/heartbreaking new details.
http://kstp.com/news/biological-mother-savannah-leckie-custody-ozark-county-missouri/4582920/According to the complaint, Ruud allegedly contacted a member of the Theodosia Fire Department on July 18, asking if he could bring a fire truck to help her with a fire at her home. Ruud was also a member of the volunteer fire department.
She said she and her daughter had been burned in the fire. The member of the fire department told her to contact the sheriff's department and reportedly did about 12 minutes later.
Firefighters were dispatched; though when they arrived, it was determined to be a brush fire and not a structure fire. Ruud allegedly directed them away from her residence and toward a logging road up a hill. The complaint alleges Ruud showed firefighters a burn on her left arm but would not allow them to see Leckie, whom she said was "fine and in the travel trailer taking a shower."
It alleges Ruud would not let anyone check on Leckie or get close to her residence. She reportedly said, "she did not want them to see or disturb Savannah. Ms. Ruud said Savannah was naked, and was lying on her bed cooling off," according to the criminal complaint.
So we have a clearer timeline.
The fire was on the 18th, reported through the Sheriffs office and no one responding saw Savannah despite Rebecca telling them Savannah had been burned.
Judging by the severity of Rebecca's burns why didn't they push the issue? They easily could have.
I think we'll hear the full story.
You can see where she has knowingly or not so given slips to be caught. Granted I'm not seeing video or anything, but I am reading someone who wants to tell her side of the story, whether out of guilt or to justify herself I don't know.. but it's coming.
Did you notice that the lighter burned area was a 4 ft by 6 ft rectangle? Sounds about right for the missing blanket. Since the burn spot was at the top of the hill quite a ways from the main house, my guess would be that they (or she) used the blanket to drag Savannah's body up there, then just laid out the blanket (possibly soaked in accelerant or even gasoline-- there is always plenty of gasoline on a farm!) as the bottom of the fire.
The fact that what RR was saying were "beacon fires" to help her find her way home if she had run away and gotten lost were actually repeated burnings of her body is beyond demented.
If MO does not have a death penalty, they need to approve one for this case.
http://kstp.com/news/biological-mother-savannah-leckie-custody-ozark-county-missouri/4582920/
This answers some questions from earlier in this thread about whether the fire fighters who put out the brush fire saw Savannah. :stormingmad:
First degree and second degree murder charges? Wonder if there was a baby involved
I wonder what's up with both first and second degree murder charges then?
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Good point. I forgot that all that was left was bone fragments. I wonder what's up with both first and second degree murder charges then?
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