When asked about a motive, he added: “People do things for lots of reasons, sometimes we understand it, sometimes we don’t”. “Then we heard about 50 cops go by, and someone saying, ‘They just stormed the mom’s house!’ “.
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His charges include one count of murder, two counts of sexual offenses, kidnapping by lying in wait and other sexual assault charges.
Santa Cruz, with a population of 62,000, is perhaps best known for its boardwalk and liberal politics, and it’s not unusual to see unaccompanied children out and about.
The teen’s attorney couldn’t be immediately reached for comment Wednesday. “I think she had a reasonable amount of trust in him”, Vogel told the station.
Police believe they may have found the girl, but until the body is identified, the search isn’t over.
According to police, the girl was lured into the teen’s apartment on Sunday night.
The freckled eight-year-old disappeared on Sunday afternoon, spurring a massive manhunt that scoured all of Santa Cruz, Calif.
“We’re confident in the charges we filed and that’s what justice demands”, Rosell said, crediting law enforcement for the quick resolution of the case. But other parents have to wonder if someone they know, or think they know, is a danger.
“At approximately 7:55 p.m., and this is extraordinarily heartbreaking news that I’m about to give to you, our detectives discovered the body of a young female inside of a dumpster at the complex located behind me”, said Santa Cruz Police Chief Kevin Vogel on Monday night. Because of his age, authorities have declined to say whether he had a previous record.
Authorities have not yet said the cause and manner of Maddy’s death because results of an autopsy have not been released publicly.
A doorway has been also executed by police -to- door search of the complete complicated regarding Middleton, while people from through the state seemed on foot and motorcycle, choppers, in ships, with the aid of dogs, . “If you just opened the top of the bin, you would not have seen the body”. “She was not readily visible”.
At a news conference Tuesday, police said evidence suggests that Madyson was killed before she was reported missing to police.
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Maddy, out riding her scooter, was last spotted by a video camera in the apartment complex at 5:05 p.m. Sunday, and her mother reported her missing about an hour later, Vogel said. The 4-foot-tall, a 50-pound child, has long brown hair, which was pulled to the side in a braid, and dark eyes.
