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Savannah Copeland was full of excitement as she cheered at Powell Middle School’s inaugural basketball game. But the day took a turn when her mother, Amanda, informed her father, Michael Copeland, that Savannah was missing from her bed in the morning. This shocking news prompted Michael to rush back home from work to join the search for their daughter.
With the help of the Life360 app, the Copeland family retraced Savannah’s movements before she disappeared. The app revealed that Savannah had gone missing sometime between midnight and 2:30 a.m. Though it didn’t pinpoint her exact location, it provided crucial information about the timeline of events. Despite their efforts, including knocking on neighbors’ doors to check for security camera footage, they were unable to locate Savannah.
As worry mounted, the Copelands reached out to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office for assistance. Deputies promptly launched a search operation to find Savannah. After nearly 12 agonizing hours, Michael heard sirens blaring in the distance, sending chills down his spine. Tragically, a teenager discovered Savannah’s lifeless body along a popular trail behind a public swimming pool in the Broadacres neighborhood of Powell.
Deputies arrived at the scene and secured the area. Detectives from Major Crimes and Juvenile Crimes, along with the Knox County Medical Examiner, began collecting evidence and processing the 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 trail.
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[Feature Photo: Savannah Copeland/Handout]
