Farmer, 28, rammed jogger with truck raped her and buried her body then joined search

A man in the US is accused of ramming a jogger with his truck, then raping and killing her.

Quake Lewellyn, 28, is accused of murdering Sydney Sutherland then burying her body alongside a rural highway in the state of Arkansas.

According to court documents filed by police, he then joined a search party launched for the missing 25-year-old nurse in the days following her August 19 disappearance, reports the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

An Arkansas State Police investigator said in a probable cause affidavit that Lewellyn saw Sutherland jogging along the rural road, more than a mile from her home.

During his interview with police, he allegedly admitted to ramming the young woman with his pickup, loading her into the truck, then driving her to a remote location, the affidavit said.

Police allege Lewellyn then raped her and buried her at the same site.

An Arkansas State Police investigator said in a probable cause affidavit that Lewellyn saw Sutherland jogging along the rural road, more than a mile from her home.

During his interview with police, he allegedly admitted to ramming the young woman with his pickup, loading her into the truck, then driving her to a remote location, the affidavit said.

Police allege Lewellyn then raped her and buried her at the same site.

She was reported missing after going for a jog along a rural road(Image: Sydney Sutherland/Facebook)

The victim's phone was found 2.3 miles from where her body was discovered, police said in the affidavit.

The investigators said they had seized Lewellyn's phone and used it to pinpoint his location in relation to where her body was found.

They allege it shows he had been in the vicinity of where the victim's body was buried, the affidavit continued.

According to US reports, Sutherland and the suspect were known to each other but the nature of their relationship remains unclear.

Lewellyn faces a murder trial(Image: KAIT 8)