Amanda spent the night at a friends house in White Cloud,  Newaygo County, MI, on June 20, 2004. When her friend woke up the following morning,  Amanda was missing.  Police initially believed she ran away, but discovered she had been chatting online with someone whose screen name included “skit-zo_killa.”  Two weeks later mushroom hunters found her body in a wooded area.  Amanda died of blunt force trauma to the head.

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Investigative Contact:
The Newaygo Post of the Michigan State Police, Detective Scott Rios at 231.652.1661

Date of Birth:
June 7, 1991

Age at Death/Disappearance:
13

Date of Death/Disappearance:
June 21, 2004

Case Type:
Homicide

Case Status:
Open

Relative Links:

• Newaygo County man arrested for assaulting three women

• Police again looking at Lankey case

• Assault suspect has ties to 2004 murder

• Arrest of man who lived in home where Amanda Lankey disappeared is unrelated to her slaying, police say

• Newaygo assault suspect released from jail

Posted on Thursday, January 29th, 2009 at 1:07 pm.
Last updated on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 at 4:11 pm.