TEENAGE CHEERLEADER STABBED BY BOY, 15, DAD TIES TRACKING APP TO FIND LIGHTS – Crime Online

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Savannah Copeland cheered at Powell Middle School’s first basketball game of the year. Her father, Michael Copeland, woke up early before the rest of the family and was heading to work when he received a call from his wife, Amanda. She told him that Savannah wasn’t in her bed when they woke up and that she couldn’t find her. Savannah was missing.

Michael rushed home to look for their daughter. Using the Life360 app, which tracks phone movements, they were able to see the path Savannah had taken and the timing of her movements. The app reported that she was missing between midnight and 2:30 a.m. but did not show her exact location. The family started in the general area and went door to door asking if anyone had a doorbell camera that might have recorded the direction Savannah was heading, but they had no luck.

They contacted the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and officers began searching for Savannah Copeland. Nearly 12 hours after officers were called, Michael Copeland heard sirens and immediately feared they were for Savannah. A teenager walking along a popular path behind a public swimming pool in the Broadacres section of Powell found Savannah’s lifeless body.

Officers arrived at the scene and secured the area. Major Crimes and Juvenile Crime Investigators, along with the Knox County Coroner, began collecting evidence and examining the crime scene. Savannah Copeland had been stabbed multiple times with what appeared to be a small knife and was left to bleed to death alone on the dirt road.

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(Feature photo: Savannah Copeland/Handout)