Pick Me Up! Special

LURED TO HER DEATH

Dressed in a white jacket and a creamcoloured shirt, Sydney Loofe took a selfie and posted it on Snapchat with the caption: ‘Ready for my date’.

Sydney, 24, was smiling for camera, with her long blonde hair, and looked excited.

It was good to see Sydney happy – her loved ones knew she struggled with depression, but she was always trying to stay positive.

And her new romance was making her feeling hopeful again.

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

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

Sydney told her friends she’d met a woman, Audrey, on Tinder.

She had been on one date with Audrey two days earlier – where they had just

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