Unsolved Suspicious Deaths: Arnold Archambeau & Ruby Bruguier

Last Seen Alive

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Society & Culture, True Crime

4.2 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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When three young South Dakotans survive a car crash, two of them walk away from the vehicle and aren’t seen again for three months, when their bodies are inexplicably discovered near the site of the crash. Question after question arises as investigators attempt to make sense of one of the most perplexing cases in South Dakota history in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

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0:00.0	When three young South Dakotans survive a car crash, two of them walk away from the vehicle and aren't seen again for three months when their bodies are inexplicably discovered near the site of the crash.
0:11.2	Question after question arises as investigators attempt to make sense of one of the most perplexing cases in South Dakota history in this episode of Last Seen Alive.
0:40.5	Music in South Dakota history in this episode of Last Seen Alive. Thanks for listening to Last Seen Alive.
0:46.1	I'm your host, Leah, crime analyst by day, and true crime storyteller by night.
0:48.2	And I'm your co-host, Scott.
0:57.2	Arnold Archambeau and Ruby Brewer were last seen alive on December 12, 1992. They were a young couple,
1:02.9	20 and 18 years old, respectively, and lived on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in rural Lake Andes, South Dakota. Both of them had grown up there, and they'd been high school
1:07.2	sweethearts. Arnold had a job at a local casino owned by the tribe.
1:11.8	Meanwhile, Ruby had her hands full with a baby girl she and Arnold had welcomed into the world
1:16.4	the year before. Arnold and Ruby were young and parenthood was demanding. With that being said,
1:22.5	they managed to find time for fun too. For example, on the night of December 12th, an uncle of
1:27.4	Ruby's agreed to babysit the couple's daughter so they could go out. For example, on the night of December 12th, an uncle of Ruby's agreed to babysit
1:28.7	the couple's daughter so they could go out. And actually, Ruby and Arnold didn't just leave their
1:33.7	daughter in his care. They took his daughter, Ruby's cousin Tracy, with them when they left.
1:39.5	My first question is, was she much older than their daughter? This wasn't a baby swap. Ruby's cousin didn't
1:46.1	need babysitting. She was 17 years old, and she was a close friend of the couple. Okay, so
1:51.3	their age, and presumably saving her from babysitting. Yes, and so the three of them climbed into
1:58.2	Arnold's car and set off into the evening together.
2:06.6	They returned at 6 a.m. and it was obvious to Ruby's uncle that they'd been drinking,
2:11.3	so of course he didn't wake up their daughter to send her home. Instead, he said,
2:16.6	you know what, I can babysit a while longer. Why don't you guys come back for her after you've sobered up?
2:21.4	Arnold and Ruby agreed and they set out again into the cold morning in Arnold's car.
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