Investigators say Savannah had started living with Ruud in Theodosia, Missouri, within the last year. Ruud and Peat married last month, on the same day that bone fragments identified as the teen’s were found in a burn pile on the couple’s rural property. Besides the murder counts, the couple also is facing charges of tampering with physical evidence and abandonment of a corpse. David Leckie and Tamile Leckie-Montague divorced in 2012, and Leckie-Montague’s fiance “couldn’t get along with Savannah,” Reed said. The indictment said only that Savannah’s death was caused “by unknown means.” Two days later, Ruud reported Savannah missing.

Source: National Post September 21, 2017 17:26 UTC