10/24/2012

Arrest made in killing of Jessica Ridgeway

By Sevil Omer, NBC News

Updated at 2:02 p.m. ET: Police in Westminster, Colo., say they have made an arrest in the dismemberment killing of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway.

Jessica Ridgeway went missing on her way to school on Oct. 5, 2012.

Police identified the suspect as Austin Reed Sigg, 17.

Police received a call late Tuesday evening that led them to a home near the Ketner Lake Open Space in Westminster, a Denver suburb, according to a police press release.

"With this discovery, police are able to announce we have made an arrest in the Ridgeway murder investigation," police said in a statement.

A press conference was scheduled Wednesday afternoon for investigators to reveal additional details about the suspect and arrest.

Jessica was abducted on her way to school on Oct. 5. Her dismembered body was found Oct. 10 in a nearby field. 

Police said authorities will also file charges against the suspect in connection with a May 28 attempted abduction of a female jogger at Ketner Lake. The lake is located near Witt Elementary School in Westminster where Jessica was headed on the day she vanished, police said.

In the May 28 case, a 22-year-old woman told police she fought off a stranger who grabbed her from behind and put a rag over her mouth. She told police the rag smelled of chemicals.

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