Went Out for a Run and Never Returned

The friendly farmer and his fatal fantasy. She was murdered for nothing.

Jules
5 min readJul 20, 2022
A photograph of Sydney Sutherland; victim | Photo Credits: knewz.com

On August 19, 2020, 25-year-old Sydney Sutherland left her home in Jackson County, Arkansas, for a run, but never returned. The following day her phone was discovered in a rural area, just over a mile from where she lived, which led her family to fear the worst, but then a grim discovery proved that what happened to Sydney was far more horrific than anyone could ever have imagined.

The Day of Disappearance

A photograph of Sydney with her boyfriend, Alex | Photo Credit: Mirror.co.uk

Sydney had just returned from a family vacation in Florida and had an extra day off from Unity Health Harris Medical Centre, where she worked as a registered nurse. She lived with her boyfriend, Alex, and was known to exercise regularly. That was why no one thought twice about her decision to go for a run on that fateful day. After a brief visit to her mother, Sydney texted Alex to let him know she was heading out for a run.

Everything seemed to be going well until Alex returned home from work later that day and realized that Sydney’s car and belongings were still home, but she was nowhere to be…

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Jules
Jules

Written by Jules

Psychology Expert | MSc Social and Cultural Psychology

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