A woman accused of the murder of her daughter in 2017 in Ozark County has been found not guilty of first-degree murder. Greene County Judge Calvin Holden found Rebecca Rudd not guilty of murder and guilty of abandoning a corpse. She faces four years in prison. Rudd was charged with the death of 16-year-old Savannah Leckie. Judge Holden wrote in his decision there was a lack of evidence, creating reasonable doubt in the case. Investigators argued Ruud killed Leckie, then burned her remains on an Ozark County farm.
Two former inmates jailed with Ruud testified she confessed in jail to the murder.
The defense said Leckie committed suicide, and Ruud panicked when she found her daughter dead.
Judge Calvin Holden retires as a judge on July 31.
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