The Running Machine: Why a Combine Hid a Man's Murdered Body
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The Running Machine: Why a Combine Hid a Man's Murdered Body
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A combine ran itself through eleven acres at dawn while a man who was last seen alive four nights earlier lay dead three feet deep in a drainage ditch on the neighboring property. The machine burned a quarter of a full tank overnight, the farm gate chain was looped around the wrong post, and no one was at the controls-so how did Will Sullivan end up buried where no one expected?
In this episode, you’ll hear the timeline and on-the-ground details from the morning the combine was found running and the weeks that followed as deputies and search teams tried to answer that question. We trace the movements of the machine, the missing fuel, the altered gate, and the last known sightings that preceded Will’s disappearance.
Person: William Sullivan (Will)
Date: June 13-14, 2011
Location: Aldermoor Farm, Renner County, Nebraska
Status: Deceased; body found three feet deep in a drainage ditch on neighboring property
Investigator: Deputy Aaron Finch; Detective Judith Rafferty (Renner County Sheriff’s Office)
- The combine was first observed moving at 6:15 AM on June 14, 2011.
- The machine had consumed one quarter of a full fuel tank by the time it was shut down.
- The east field showed irregular, overlapping loops covering eleven acres.
- Will Sullivan was twenty-eight years old and had been seen stacking tables at First Lutheran Church four nights before.
- Will’s pickup, phone on the seat and wallet in the cupholder, remained parked beside the equipment barn overnight.
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