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DATE WITH DEATH

Dressed in a white jacket and a cream shirt, Sydney Loofe took a selfie and shared the photo on Snapchat with the caption: Ready for my date.

Sydney, 24, was smiling for the camera with her long blonde hair, and she looked excited. She’d even added a heart-eyed emoji.

Sydney’s loved ones knew she had struggled with depression, but she was always trying to stay positive.

A tattoo on her arm read: Everything will be wonderful someday. And her new romance made her hopeful.

It was 15 November 2017, and Sydney lived in Lincoln, Nebraska with her cat Mimzy.

Her parents, George and Susie, lived three hours away but they’d get together as often as they could, and they messaged constantly.

Sydney had told her friends that she’d met a woman called

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