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What Happened to Rachel Cyriacks?

Liz Jin
5 min readMay 30, 2022

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She disappeared 9 years ago after picking up her husband from jail

Rachel Cyriaks; image source.

Rachel Cyriacks was last seen on November 13, 2013, when she drove to Huron, South Dakota, to pick up her husband, Brad. No one has seen or heard from her since.

Rachel was a wild child

Rachel’s mother, Mary Schabot, admits that her daughter was no angel growing up. But what started small — stealing beers out of the fridge as a teenager — morphed into something more dangerous as Rachel grew older and mixed herself up with the wrong crowd.

Her new “friends” introduced her to marijuana, pills, and hardcore drugs such as meth. Before long, Rachel was using regularly, with binges that lasted days and sometimes weeks.

Rachel was well-liked and fun to be around according to her mother; image source.

Rachel’s Facebook page introduction summed up the fun-loving, attractive blonde with tattoos on her arms and neck.

“Well I’m easy going and easy to get along with. I’m laid back and like to go with the flow. I’m very spontaneous! I’m a tomboy mostly. Love snowmobiling, racing, paintballing, car stereos, mud running, demolition durby, shooting guns, hanging with friends, love getting tattoos, doing

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Liz Jin
Liz Jin

Written by Liz Jin

“I wake up in the morning with a desire to both save the world and savor the world. That makes it hard to plan my day.”

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