The remains of a 16-year-old girl have been found in a burn pit after being allegedly murdered by her biological mother who had abused her severely in the months preceding her death.

Police authorities on Monday confirmed that burnt human bones found on a property in rural Missouri belonged to the teenager Savannah Leckie who was earlier declared missing.
Missouri belonged to the teenager Savannah Leckie who was earlier declared missing.

Savannah Leckie, who was autistic, had been given up for adoption by her biological mother at birth but had come back to live with her birth mother Rebecca Ruud at the property about a year ago.

39-year-old Rebecca Ruud was charged with the murder of her daughter on Tuesday.

In the build up to Savannah's death, Police say Rebecca had taken to extreme forms of punishment to discipline her the deceased.


A criminal complaint shows Rebecca forced the 16-year-old to roll in a hog pen on at least one occasion and wade into a muddy pond and dunk under. And also used a water hose on Savannah.

Rebecca also told authorities that the late Savannah had once deliberately cut her own arm in a suicide attempt, the complaint said. In order to punish her, Rebecca poured salt and alcohol on the injury twice daily.

As a form of punishment, Rebbeca is also accused of smashing Savannah's cell phone and stopped her from using Facebook, the complaint stated.She admits she made her daughter take off her underwear so she could spank her on her bare bottom.
The Police are still not clear on how Savannah was murdered but they believe she was killed on or around July 18 at Ruud's house.

Her body was discovered on August 4th when police searched Ruud's 81-acre farm property.
Police found fragments of bone, two finger bones that were intact, a large vertebra bone and several items that appeared to be teeth when they sifted through ash in a burn pit on the property.

Forensic testing, as well as other evidence, confirmed the remains belonged to Savannah.The Police confiscated a knife, meat grinder and bottles of lye which could be used to hasten the breakdown of human tissue at Rebecca’s property.

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