Remains of missing Minnesota teen Savannah Leckie, found in a burn pit at her biological mother’s home – She’d just left her adoptive parents to go and live with Rebecca Ruud in Missouri
‘A case of two adult women abandoning the child they brought into this world and nurtured.
Savannah Leckie was sacrificed while both her adoptive mom and her biological mother chased hedonistic pleasure’
Authorities confirmed Monday, burned human bones found on a rural Missouri property belonged to missing teen Savannah Leckie
She was reported missing in July from the home her 39-year-old, biological mom Rebecca Ruud shared with Boyfriend Robert E. Peat Jr
Human remains, just identified, were discovered on August 4 when police started searching Ruud’s 81-acre farm property
Cops seized a meat grinder, knife and 26 bottles of lye, which can be used to speed up the breakdown of human tissue, during the search
Savannah was adopted at birth by Tamile Leckie-Montague and David Leckie and grew up in Minnesota with adoptive parents, now divorced
She moved in with Ruud Missouri just 11 months, after reportedly not getting along with Tamile’s new boyfriend
Ruud and her boyfriend Robert E. Peat Jr. got married on the same day Savannah’s remains were found on the property
Significantly, married couples often do not have to testify against each other in court
Ruud is charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a child resulting in death, second-degree murder and felony murder
She is also charged with tampering with physical evidence and abandoning a corpse
Authorities confirmed Monday that burned human bones found on a rural Missouri property earlier this month belonged to the property owner’s missing 16-year-old daughter, Savannah Leckie
Authorities in Longrun, south-west of St. Louis, confirmed Monday that burned human bones found on a rural Missouri property earlier this month belonged to missing 16-year-old Savannah Leckie. The remains of the teen girl was found in a burn pit on her biological mother’s rural Missouri property after she left her adoptive parents to go live with her.
Savannah who was adopted at birth by Tamile [Montague] and David Leckie, went to live with her biological mother Rebecca Ruud in Longrun, 11 months ago. Her parents were divorced and she reportedly was not getting along well with her mother’s new boyfriend, back home in Minnesota.
16-year-old Savannah who was adopted at birth went to live with her biological mother in Missouri 11 months ago after reportedly not getting along with her adoptive mom’s new boyfriend divorced
The teen had been reported missing from her home in late July where she had been living with her biological mother Rebecca Ruud, 39, and her mom’s boyfriend.
The human remains were discovered on August 4 when police started searching Ruud’s 81-acre farm property.
Investigators found bone fragments, two intact finger bones, a large vertebra bone and several items that appeared to be teeth when they sifted through ash in a burn pit on the property.
‘From information I received (on Monday) from forensic specialists, and evidence that was obtained, the remains that were recovered are those of 16-year-old Savannah Leckie, of Longrun,’ Ozark County Sheriff Darrin Reed told the Star Tribune.
Who killed this teen? Savannah [left], had been reported missing from her home in late July where she had been living with her biological mother Rebecca Ruud [right].
Savannah was adopted at birth and grew up in Minnesota with her adoptive parents Tamile Montague and David Leckie. The couple have since divorced.
The teenager went to live with her biological mother in Missouri 11 months ago after reportedly not getting along with her adoptive mom’s new boyfriend.
Savannah was reported missing from the home by Ruud on July 20.
Ruud told police Savannah was home when she went to bed the night before but had disappeared by the time she woke. She said she searched the property herself before contacting authorities.
Human bone fragments and teeth were found in a field about 400 yards from the home on Aug. 4, which was the day Ruud and her husband got married. A forensic analysis identified the remains as Savannah’s.
Savannah [right] was adopted at birth and grew up in Minnesota with her adoptive parentsTamile Leckie-Montague [Left] and David Leckie. The couple have since divorced. Her mother’s new domestic arrangement caused her to leave home. She is now dead, just 11 months later
Savannah, who was described in affidavits for search warrants as having high-functioning autism, grew up with her adoptive mother, Tamile Leckie-Montague, in the Twin Cities
Her adoptive mother, Tamile Leckie-Montague, asked Rebecca Ruud last November to take the teen because the girl couldn’t get along with her new boyfriend. Ruud agreed and was given power of attorney. After the girl moved to Missouri, she was home schooled and had “almost no social contacts,” according to an affidavit.
Ruud’s ex-boyfriend, Buddy Smart, told investigators he had seen her discipline Savannah by “forcing her to crawl through a hog pen” and forcing her to bathe in a pond, the affidavit states.
Ruud who told investigators she relinquished the girl for adoption when she was born, acknowledged the harsh treatment she meted out to the teen. Adding that when Savannah cut her arm “in a suicidal gesture,” she forced the girl to scrub the wound daily with alcohol and salt as punishment.
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Rebecca Ruud (left) and her boyfriend Robert E. Peat Jr. (right), who was also living at the farm but is not the teen’s biological father, got married on the same day Savannah’s remains were found on the property. During the search of the remote property police had seized a meat grinder, a knife and 26 bottles of lye, which can be used to speed up the breakdown of human tissue
Ruud and her boyfriend Robert E. Peat Jr., who was also living at the farm but is not the teen’s biological father.
Married couples don’t have to testify against each other but it isn’t always the case if the victim is under the age of 18, according to the sheriff.
Ruud is charged with first-degree murder and alternative counts of abuse of a child resulting in death, second-degree murder and felony murder.
She is also charged with tampering with physical evidence and abandoning a corpse,
Savannah’s adoptive father David Leckie posted a tribute to his daughter on August 9 revealing news of her death.
‘My daughter Savannah has passed away in Missouri. I would like to thank everyone that has prayed for her and our family. My Faith in God will get us through this and I will forever miss.my sweet girl,’ he wrote.
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