Woman dies after being extradited to Memphis for 2007 murder
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office fugitive unit picked up Sarah Lucas Riedel from a hospital in Oklahoma and brought her to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis on Feb. 14 (not pictured). She had “serious medical issues,” according to the Sheriff’s Office, which also notified media Wednesday of her death. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Sarah Lucas Riedel, 49, allegedly aided her mother Tammy Vance in killing Danny Harris in 2007.
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Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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