Susan M. Ledyard, a 50-year-old high school English teacher from Wilmington, Delaware, was found dead in the Brandywine River on the morning of July 23, 2019. Her body was recovered about 7:39 a.m.; a post-mortem examination determined cause of death as blunt force trauma and drowning, and authorities ruled the death a homicide. She was described as 5 feet 4 inches, about 130 pounds, with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a purple tank top.

Investigators built a partial timeline from surveillance, cell phone records, and Fitbit data. Susan texted and called friends until about 2:45 a.m.; her black 2016 Honda Civic left her driveway around 3:02 a.m. and was parked near the Rising Sun Lane Bridge two minutes later, roughly three miles upstream from where her body surfaced. Her Fitbit showed she was alive until about 7:00 a.m., leaving an unexplained window between about 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. when her whereabouts are unknown.

Her vehicle was found unoccupied the same morning at about 8:54 a.m. The family pushed for answers, a $50,000 reward was offered, and police say the case remains open and active with no arrests announced and no publicly named suspect. If anyone knew Susan’s movements between about 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on July 23, 2019, please share what you know with investigators.