Murder suspect Stryker spotted in West Virginia

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CLAY COUNTY, W.Va. — A Dawson County man wanted for murder has been spotted in Clay County, W. Va. according to a post on the West Virginia State Police Facebook Page.

Austin Todd Stryker, 22, was wearing blue jeans and a maroon shirt when he was spotted in Clay County late last night.

Lumpkin County has an outstanding murder warrant in connection with the disappearance of 21-year-old Hannah Bender who has been missing and is presumed deceased after her bloody clothing was located.

Carol Gilreath, Bender’s mother said she hasn’t heard from her daughter in 10 days. “My little girl is never coming back,” Gilreath told WSB-TV today. “She’s not coming back because she’d never do her mom like that.”

Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard said yesterday that another Dawson County man, 78-year-old Jerry Harper, is a person of interest in the case.

Anyone with information regarding Bender, Stryker or Harper, please contact Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Captain Marcus Sewell at 706-974-6824.

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