(KTTS News) — A Greene County judge has found an Ozark County mother not guilty in the death of her daughter. Rebecca Ruud faced a first-degree murder charge in the death of her biological daughter, Savannah Leckie.
Judge Calvin Holden did find Ruud guilty of abandoning a corpse.
KY3 says Ruud faces up to four years in prison.
Holden says there was a lack of evidence in the case.
Ruud was charged with killing Leckie, then burning her body on an Ozark County farm.
The defense says Ruud placed the girl’s body in a burn pile but did not kill her.
Judge Holden retires as a judge on July 31.
