{"id":349364,"date":"2026-07-23T01:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349364\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T01:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:38:07","slug":"police-family-of-girl-missing-since-2017-turn-to-psychic-for-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349364\/","title":{"rendered":"Police, family of girl missing since 2017 turn to psychic for help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  \u2014 Where is Sophie Reeder?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It\u2019s a question that has plagued the girl\u2019s family and Fort Lauderdale police for nine years, since she disappeared when she was 15 years old. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Now, detectives have turned to a psychic for help. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They pay her $1,500 dollars for a 90-day consultancy period and they may use her for other cases. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Many might call it hocus pocus and unconventional, but the family says they are desperate. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cOf course it\u2019s unusual, but you know we are open to anything,\u201d said Kristen Milhorn, Reeder\u2019s aunt. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Milhorn believes someone in Fort Lauderdale knows what happened to the teen. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In the early morning hours of May 20, 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2025\/05\/28\/8-years-after-fort-lauderdale-teens-disappearance-25k-reward-still-offered-for-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2025\/05\/28\/8-years-after-fort-lauderdale-teens-disappearance-25k-reward-still-offered-for-information\/\">Reeder went for a walk and was never seen again<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police found surveillance video of her walking down Davie Boulevard, and the next morning members family found clues in her bedroom indicating she had plans to come home, including $300 in cash and a candle burning. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cShe was not a runaway,\u201d said Milhorn. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Local 10 News spoke to Reeder\u2019s parents one week after her disappearance. They had concerns she may have been trafficked. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Detectives discovered the last ping on her phone was at an apartment complex off Southwest 11th Court in Fort Lauderdale. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWhatever happened there, we don\u2019t know, that was the last ping on her phone,\u201d said Milhorn. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Some of her last communications were to a man named Leonard Jennings, a convicted felon who lived in the complex. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Local 10 News\u2019 Bridgette Matter followed up with Fort Lauderdale police regarding Jennings, and a spokesperson said, \u201cWe do consider Leonard Jennings a person of interest and question his involvement in Sophie\u2019s disappearance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jennings was interviewed after Reeder vanished, but he has never been arrested. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe denied, of course, ever knowing her, but reality is they were texting each other, so he knew her,\u201d said Milhorn. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reeder\u2019s family is still holding onto hope there will be a break in the case. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities are offering a $25,000 reward for any information leading to Reeder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FLPD says they are very much working the case and the investigation is active. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Where is Sophie Reeder? 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