Heartbroken dad of middle school cheerleader found stabbed to death reveals how he led cops to her body

The heartbroken begetter of a mediate schoolhouse cheerleader who was stabbed to decease with a pouch weapon revealed however helium led cops to her assemblage by tracking her determination connected an app.

Michael Copeland spoke retired pursuing the brutal execution of his 13-year-old girl Savannah Copeland three weeks ago.

The Tennessee dad recounted however helium began to panic aft his girl vanished from her Powell location overnight and did not get successful interaction for respective hours.

Using the Life360 app helium was capable to way her location, which led investigators to marque the grim find connected a ungraded way not acold away.

The grieving dad admitted determination is, 'there’s not a batch of joyousness oregon genuine happiness' successful his beingness close now, but chose to stock a connection of sympathy alternatively than hate.

'I deliberation it was a deficiency of compassion a deficiency of empathy that took my daughter's life,' helium told Fox19. 

'I'm not going to let to beryllium filled with that benignant of rage, it's going to beryllium filled with compassion - it's the lone mode I cognize however to decision evil.'    

Police person charged 15-year-old Malakiah Harris with the 'senseless' murder.

Copeland told however his suspicions archetypal became raised erstwhile helium did not perceive from his girl for respective hours aft she went missing from her Powell location implicit night.

A memorial has since been acceptable up astatine the spot wherever the Powell Middle Schooler's assemblage was found.

Her cheerleading squad has besides revealed it volition beryllium handing retired an yearly grant successful grant of the precocious teen which volition beryllium fixed to those who exemplify the teen's character.

'Spunkiness, eagerness and benignant a go-getter cognition I conjecture you tin say,' Copeland explained, adding that helium was grateful to spot his daughter's representation volition unrecorded on.

'It helps to reconstruct my religion successful God and everyone astir us,' helium added.

Savannah's assemblage was discovered connected a ungraded way down a assemblage excavation successful Powell, conscionable extracurricular Knoxville a time aft she disappeared.

She had been stabbed to decease aggregate times with a pouch weapon by a fishy she met with the nighttime earlier she was found.

Police arrested and charged Harris with 2nd grade execution successful transportation to the death. He is owed successful tribunal adjacent connected January 15.

Investigators person not released immoderate motive oregon explained the narration betwixt the 2 astatine this stage.

 Copeland is survived by her parents, arsenic good arsenic her duplicate member and different brother. 

'Her beauteous grin lit up the room,' the household wrote successful her obituary.

'She loved her family, she loved her friends, and she loved art. Savannah attended Powell Middle School and was a talented pupil arsenic good arsenic an accomplished athlete—excelling successful gymnastics, karate, and cheerleading.'

The announcement described her arsenic an aspiring forensic anthropologist who had acceptable her  sights connected attended the University of Tennessee.

'She enjoyed scary stories, drawing, and popular music,' the obituary added, explaining she and her household person been longtime members of the Powell United Methodist Church.

'Savannah volition beryllium everlastingly missed by everyone who knew her and loved her,' the connection added.