Arrest made, 8-year-old girl found dead in Santa Cruz search
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel
SANTA CRUZ >> After more than 24 hours of searching for a missing 8-year-old girl in Santa Cruz, Madyson Maddy Middleton was found dead in a dumpster behind the Tannery Arts Center just before 8 p.m., Santa Cruz Police Chief Kevin Vogel said late Monday.
We have arrested and taken into custody a 15-year-old male who was on the property at the time of the discovery, Vogel said.
That teenager, who lives at the Tannery, is being detained and questioned in relation to the homicide of Maddy, Vogel said. Its unknown if the teenager knew Maddy.
Detectives will remain on the scene throughout the night serving search warrants and sifting through evidence.
Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/general-news/20150727/arrest-made-8-year-old-girl-found-dead-in-santa-cruz-search
ABC has also covered this story thus putting this in national interest.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)riversedge
(70,242 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)What would possess a 15 year old boy to do such a horrible thing?
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)what a sad thing
LoisB
(7,206 posts)I knew that was unlikely. So sad.
still_one
(92,219 posts)dumped the body in a garbage bin. He also was one of the volunteers in the search for the little girl.
This story is so sickening. I really hope they try the 15 year old as an adult. I am so sorry for the family of the little girl.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)I think I remember reports last night that they found incriminating evidence in his apartment. The photo of him being escorted by police looks like he could be either Latino or Asian. It just shows him from a 3/4 back view. He also looks very muscular.
I haven't lived in SF very long. Do they ID minors who've been arrested?
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)I literally cannot stand this story. I cannot bear it.