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| Madyson Middleton: Body of missing eight-year-old California girl found in dumpster near home | |
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| Police have discovered the body of a missing eight-year-old girl in a dumpster in California, close to the spot where she was last seen the previous day. | Police have discovered the body of a missing eight-year-old girl in a dumpster in California, close to the spot where she was last seen the previous day. |
| Madyson Middleton, known as “Maddy”, disappeared from the Tannery Arts Centre, an apartment complex in Santa Cruz, on Sunday afternoon, where she lived with her mother. | Madyson Middleton, known as “Maddy”, disappeared from the Tannery Arts Centre, an apartment complex in Santa Cruz, on Sunday afternoon, where she lived with her mother. |
| Santa Cruz Police found the body in a dumpster at the Tannery at 8pm on Monday night, the LA Times reports. | Santa Cruz Police found the body in a dumpster at the Tannery at 8pm on Monday night, the LA Times reports. |
| A 15-year-old boy who lives in the same apartment complex has been arrested in connection with her death. | A 15-year-old boy who lives in the same apartment complex has been arrested in connection with her death. |
| CCTV image of Madyson Middleton on her scooter the day she disappeared Maddy was last seen at around 5pm on Sunday while riding on a white scooter at the Tannery. She is understood to have been waiting for a play-date and was last seen near a group of metal mailboxes next to an apartment block on the Tannery, the San Hose Mercury News reports. | CCTV image of Madyson Middleton on her scooter the day she disappeared Maddy was last seen at around 5pm on Sunday while riding on a white scooter at the Tannery. She is understood to have been waiting for a play-date and was last seen near a group of metal mailboxes next to an apartment block on the Tannery, the San Hose Mercury News reports. |
| “We have arrested and taken into custody a 15-year-old male who was on the property at the time of discovery,” Santa Cruz Police chief Kevin Vogel told reporters. He called the situation “heart-breaking”. | “We have arrested and taken into custody a 15-year-old male who was on the property at the time of discovery,” Santa Cruz Police chief Kevin Vogel told reporters. He called the situation “heart-breaking”. |
| The FBI had assisted Santa Cruz Police in the investigation, alongside the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team. The teams used specially trained K-9s to trace Maddy’s scent, which they reportedly tracked along the San Lorenzo River to the Santa Cruz Main Beach. | The FBI had assisted Santa Cruz Police in the investigation, alongside the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team. The teams used specially trained K-9s to trace Maddy’s scent, which they reportedly tracked along the San Lorenzo River to the Santa Cruz Main Beach. |