Police, family of girl missing since 2017 turn to psychic for help

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Where is Sophie Reeder?

It’s a question that has plagued the girl’s family and Fort Lauderdale police for nine years, since she disappeared when she was 15 years old.

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Now, detectives have turned to a psychic for help.

They pay her $1,500 dollars for a 90-day consultancy period and they may use her for other cases.

Many might call it hocus pocus and unconventional, but the family says they are desperate.

“Of course it’s unusual, but you know we are open to anything,” said Kristen Milhorn, Reeder’s aunt.

Milhorn believes someone in Fort Lauderdale knows what happened to the teen.

In the early morning hours of May 20, 2017, Reeder went for a walk and was never seen again.

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.

“She was not a runaway,” said Milhorn.

Local 10 News spoke to Reeder’s parents one week after her disappearance. They had concerns she may have been trafficked.

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Detectives discovered the last ping on her phone was at an apartment complex off Southwest 11th Court in Fort Lauderdale.

“Whatever happened there, we don’t know, that was the last ping on her phone,” said Milhorn.

Some of her last communications were to a man named Leonard Jennings, a convicted felon who lived in the complex.

Local 10 News’ Bridgette Matter followed up with Fort Lauderdale police regarding Jennings, and a spokesperson said, “We do consider Leonard Jennings a person of interest and question his involvement in Sophie’s disappearance.”

Jennings was interviewed after Reeder vanished, but he has never been arrested.

“He denied, of course, ever knowing her, but reality is they were texting each other, so he knew her,” said Milhorn.

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Reeder’s family is still holding onto hope there will be a break in the case.

Authorities are offering a $25,000 reward for any information leading to Reeder.

FLPD says they are very much working the case and the investigation is active.