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Arkansas farmer: “I just tried to forget” about nurse killing and molesting
Handout, Randolph County Sheriff The Arkansas farmer accused of murdering and raping a nurse said during a mental health investigation that after killing the victim, he tried to “ mess around ” with her corpse – and then went home, ate and ‘The chilling confession of Quake Lewellyn, 28, is contained in an evaluation by a state psychologist who found he is mentally fit to face trial for the death of Sydney Sutherland, 25, who disappeared while jogging in August. all just a blur, ” Lewellyn told the psychologist, according to a report from KARK. The married stepfather of three claims that on the day of the incident he was driving to check some wells and rice paddies when he passed Sutherland through a According to him he passed her, turned and hit her with his truck, unable to get her in. to see a cloud of dust. He claims he walked up to her to see if she was okay and believed she was dead at the time. Jogging nurse was raped and buried by farmer, police said Although he had not been drinking or taking drugs, allege he that he was ‘scared and scared’. I’d get in trouble for running her over. Instead of calling 911 to get her help, he said he put her body in the tailgate of his truck for the purpose of hiding it. His story then takes a really depraved turn. Jewellyn told the psychologist that he had driven to a paddy field to bury Sutherland but stripped her first and “tried to mess with her a little” – although he said his lawyers advised him not to explain exactly what he was doing. He dug a hole and buried Sutherland , then went on his day as if he had done nothing. One life and abused a corpse, the evaluation says. When he got back to work, he spent the next two to three hours checking wells, went home, ate dinner and went to bed. “He reported that he hadn’t told anyone what had happened and was ‘just trying to forget’,” the psychologist wrote. As news of Sutherland’s disappearance spread, Lewe called llyn’s father asked him if he had seen her and he said he said he saw her on the way. He went to the police station the next day to report the sighting – ‘still hoping he wouldn’t get caught,’ the report says – and finally decided to confess. “I knew I didn’t kill her on purpose,” he told the evaluator. Asked why he didn’t just call the emergency number, he said, “I don’t know … I was just scared.” Authorities have charged Lewellyn – who attended the same high school as Sutherland but claims he barely knew her – of murder, kidnapping, assault on a corpse and rape. His wife has filed for divorce since his arrest. Read more at The Daily Beast. Do you have a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here Get our top stories delivered to your inbox every day. Register now! Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside takes a deeper look at the stories that matter to you. Find out more.