Savannah Spurlock

The Vanished Podcast

Wondery

True Crime, Society & Culture, Cold Case, Investigative, Find The Missing, Vanished, Missing Persons, Documentary, News, Disappeared, Exhibit C

4.5 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On January 4, 2019, 22-year-old Savannah Spurlock wanted a night out on the town. A few weeks prior, Savannah had given birth to twins making her a mother of 4 young children. Her mother, Ellen, could see that she needed a break so after her older children were tucked safely into their beds, Savannah went out with a girlfriend to a bar in Lexington, KY around 10pm.

This was supposed to be a night filled with fun and a chance to cut loose. The evening didn't go as planned after Savannah and her friend got into an argument and separated. Savannah later left the bar with three men she had met that evening. Savannah called her mother via face time and let her know that everything was fine and that she would be home in a few hours. This was the last time that anyone would speak to her Savannah.

The police asked for help from the public in identifying the men that Savannah was with the night she went missing. By the end of January, all three men that Savannah interacted with on the night of her disappearance were identified and questioned. According to one of the men, David Sparks, Savannah had come back to his home with him and that she eventually left later that morning, but he did not know where she was. However, on July 10, 2019 human remains would be found at a home in Garrard County. This would be the home of David Sparks.

If you have any information regarding the death of Savannah Spurlock please call the Richmond Police department at 859-623-8911.

Update- On August 28, 2019, David Sparks was indicted for the murder of Savannah Spurlock.

This episode was co-researched and written by Marissa Jones and Erika Gwynn. To find more of Erika's work, please check out her podcast at https://www.apexandabyss.com.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to the vanished ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:21.0	Every decision she made was kind of spur of the moment that evening.
0:25.0	You know, she decided to go with her friends and then she decided to stay at the bar.
0:29.0	And then, you know, it wasn't like she was planning to be gone a long time
0:33.0	and she didn't really have any belongings with her. She had high heels and no code and all that kind of thing.
0:38.0	So most of the family and a lot of her friends don't know she ran away.
0:44.0	She was going through a rough time. She was making decisions that were not great,
0:48.0	but she loved her kids and that was something that is not questionable.
0:53.0	You know, despite the, you know, the struggle she had,
0:57.0	her love for them was so deep.
1:03.0	She didn't just go away on her own. She didn't just leak for kids behind just to go, you know, live in paradise.
1:09.0	And she didn't just, she wasn't ready. She wasn't ready to go. It wasn't her time.
1:13.0	She had so many goals that and just a life ahead of her and she just wanted to do better and be better.
1:21.0	She wasn't ready to go and that's how I just know that someone has potentially taken that from her.
1:27.0	And I think they're scared to come forward and I think, like I said, all evil will come to light.
1:33.0	Somebody will pay for this.
1:36.0	On January 4, 2019, 22-year-old Savannah Spurlock went to night out on the town.
1:44.0	Just a few weeks prior, Savannah had given birth to twins, making her a mother of four young boys.
1:52.0	Savannah's mother Ellen could see that she needed a break.
1:56.0	So after her older children were tucked safely into their beds, Savannah went out with a girlfriend to a bar in Lexington, Kentucky, around 10pm.
2:06.0	This was supposed to be a night filled with fun and a chance to cut loose.
2:11.0	However, this was not the case.
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