DEC 30, 2021
Investigators hone in on suspect in South Dakota missing persons case
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... South Dakota Department of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Agent Tyler Neuharth openly said this case has one suspect: Brad Cyriacks.
“Brad is the prime subject right now,” Neuharth said. “He knows that, I’ve told him as such.”
Neuharth wouldn’t disclose the entirety of evidence implicating Brad Cyriacks, yet said he and his team are continuing to gather evidence, with the ultimate goal of discovering her remains and filling in the final holes to a mystery that has captivated — and frustrated — many in the southeastern corner of South Dakota.
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Records indicated she traveled from Woonsocket to Huron on Nov. 13, 2013, confirmed by an incoming call from a gas station in Huron, near the location of the county jail. After receiving a voicemail while traveling through a known dead zone, she then made one outgoing call to a gas station in Huron, which is where law enforcement believes she picked up Bradley Cyriacks.
The story painted by cell phone records matches the one Brad Cyriacks told investigators. From the gas station, he claimed they made the 20-minute drive home, where they stayed for a brief period of time before she drove him back to a friend’s house in Huron. He claims that was the last time he saw her.
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To this date, the searches have not uncovered any item related to Rachel Cyriacks.
Her truck, however, was discovered by law enforcement in January 2014.
The vehicle was located on a Huron bee farm owned by the family of Tyler Griffith. According to initial law enforcement interviews, Brad Cyriacks claimed his wife dropped him off at Griffith’s house on Nov. 13, 2013 — and that was the last he saw of her.
Griffith was a known friend to both Brad and Rachel Cyriacks.
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