Amanda Tusing (2000).

MUS-2026-0168

Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.

Amanda Tusing, 20, left her fiance's apartment in Jonesboro, Arkansas, late on June 14, 2000, during a storm, and never reached her home in Dell. Her car was found abandoned on AR Highway 18 with the keys in the ignition. Her body was found four days later in Big Bay Ditch, 12 miles away. An autopsy could not firmly establish a cause of death. Her fiance passed three polygraphs and was cleared. The case has no identified motive or physical evidence and remains unsolved.

1. 2000

   Amanda Tusing, 20, leaves her fiance's apartment in Jonesboro late June 14, 2000, during a storm and never reaches home in Dell.

2. 2000

   Her car is found abandoned on AR Highway 18 with the keys in the ignition.

3. 2000

   Her body is found four days later in Big Bay Ditch, 12 miles away. The autopsy cannot firmly establish a cause of death.

4. 2026

   No arrests have been made and the case remains unsolved.

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