The Arkansas farmer accused of murdering and raping a nurse said during a mental health check that after he killed the victim, he tried to “spill” with her body, and then went home , ate and ‘just tried to forget’.
The icy confession by Quake Lewellyn, 28, contains an evaluation by a state psychologist who has found him mentally fit to stand trial for the death of Sydney Sutherland, 25, who disappeared while jogging in August.
“It was all just an ambiguity,” Lewellyn told the psychologist, according to a report obtained by KARK.
The married stepfather of three claims he was driving on the day of the incident to check out some wells and rice fields when he saw Sutherland walking on a dirt road.
According to his account, he drove past her, turned around and hit him with his truck and did not see her in a cloud of dust. He claims he walked to see if she was right and believed she was dead at that point.
Jogging Nurse was raped and buried by Farmer, Cops Say
Although he did not drink or use drugs, he claims he was “scared and frightened that I would put her in trouble.” Instead of calling 911 for help, he said he put her body in the tailgate of his truck with a view to hiding it.
His narration then takes a truly depraved turn.
Lewellyn told the psychologist that he drove to a rice field to bury Sutherland, but first pulled her out and “tried to tamper with her a bit” – although he said his lawyers advised him not to exactly does not explain what he said.
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He dug a hole and buried Sutherland, and went on with his day as if he had not taken a life and abused a corpse, the evaluation reads.
When he returns to work, he spends the next two to three hours checking resources, going home, eating dinner, and going to bed. “He reported that he did not tell anyone what happened and ‘just tried to forget it’,” the psychologist wrote.
While the news of Sutherland’s disappearance spread, Lewellyn’s father called him to ask if he had seen her, and he said he had seen her on the road. He went to the police station the next day to report the sighting – “still hoping he would not be caught,” the report said, and finally decided to confess.
“I knew I did not intentionally kill her,” he told the judge. Asked why he did not just call 911, he said, “That I do not know … I was just scared.”
Authorities charged Lewellyn – who went to the same high school as Sutherland but claims he barely knew her – with head murder, kidnapping, body mutilation and rape.
His wife has applied for divorce since his arrest.
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