AMBER ALERT for Missing 10 YO Jessica Ridgeway, Westminster, CO(BODY FOUND)

[grace-land]

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[grace-land]

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[grace-land]

No press conference being shown yet at http://www.9news.com/video/player_live_2.aspx   

[texasmom]

No press conference being shown yet at http://www.9news.com/video/player_live_2.aspx   

This was ten minutes ago...

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Tom McGhee ‏@dpmcghee
#jessicaridgeway 5p.m. Press conference delayed for 10 minutes
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[texasmom]

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3m Daily Camera ‏@dailycamera
RT @boundsa: #Westminster PD presser on #Jessicaridgeway to start in about 5 min
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[grace-land]

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This was ten minutes ago...

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Tom McGhee ‏@dpmcghee
#jessicaridgeway 5p.m. Press conference delayed for 10 minutes
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Thanks!  I've been watching their News at 5.   

[texasmom]

Finally, press conference!   

Mine is buffering after about every three words.   

[grace-land]

Items are connected with this situation.

[grace-land]

Area is 6.4 miles from were Jessica lives.

Items were found on a sidewalk.

Believe backpack is Jessica's.

[texasmom]

http://twitter.com/markpmeredith/status/255086974279487488/photo/1
mark meredith
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@KDVR police say backpack found 6.4 miles away from Jessica's home. #jessicaridgeway search continues overnight. pic.twitter.com/TLquwAVU
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[grace-land]

Investigators will determine how long items were there.

They are working on timeline.

Expanding the area of investigation.

LE will continue to be in Jessica's neighborhood.

[grace-land]

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/10/07/search-for-missing-10-year-old-shifts-to-superior/

Search For Missing 10-Year-Old Shifts To Superior
October 7, 2012 5:22 PM

SUPERIOR, Colo. (CBS4) – The hunt for a 10-year-old girl moved from her neighborhood in Westminster to Superior after the discovery of a backpack and water bottle believed belong to the child.
 
Jessica Ridgeway disappeared on her way to school Friday morning. She never met her friends in the park that morning.
 
The search shifted to Superior near Andrews and Alpha on Sunday after a homeowner found a water bottle and backpack on the sidewalk.
 
“Now investigators are working with that backpack. We do have reason to believe that it is directly associated with this case. We’re working with the family to make those confirmations,” Westminster police spokesman Trevor Materasso said.
 
Police also taped off an area with a paper bag was found. It’s not clear what was in the bag or how it’s relevant to the case.
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[cw618]

Officers search the area near Andrews and Christenson in Superior, Colorado. Investigators confirmed a backpack was found in the neighborhood Sunday afternoon.
http://www.9news.com/news/article/293308/222/Backpack-possibly-belonging-to-missing-girl-found

Andrew Way & Christenson Ave Superior, CO
Superior, CO 80027
http://goo.gl/maps/S85tI
near moore in Westminster to Andrew Way & Christenson Ave 
http://goo.gl/maps/S6klZ

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Area is 6.4 miles from were Jessica lives.

Items were found on a sidewalk.

Believe backpack is Jessica's.

So there were just found on a sidewalk in plain sight? Not off the beaten path? No one knows how long they were there? I mean really, no one noticed a backpack on the side walk with an AMBER ALERT out since Friday? Any reference at presser?

[grace-land]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/07/us/colorado-missing-girl/index.html

Colorado police announce break in missing girl case
updated 7:56 PM EDT, Sun October 7, 2012

CNN) -- Colorado police searching for a missing 10-year-old girl said Sunday they found her backpack in a subdivision more than six miles away from her home, their first break in the case.
 
Police would not say what items were in the bag belonging to Jessica Ridgeway, who has been missing since Friday, except that some of the items had her name on them.
 
A homeowner in a subdivision in Superior found the bag on the sidewalk outside his house about 6.4 miles from the girl's hometown of Westminster. Both towns are along the Denver-Boulder Turnpike.
 
"We're trying to determine when it got there, why it got there," Westminster Police Investigator Trevor Materasso said, adding it's a big break in the case.
 
A bloodhound is being used at the scene where the bag was found, Materasso said.
 
Police had not previously been searching for Jessica in the area. They are now interviewing nearby residents, Materasso said.
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Colorado police announce break in missing girl case

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/07/us/colorado-missing-girl/index.html

Colorado police searching for a missing 10-year-old girl said Sunday they found her backpack in a subdivision more than six miles away from her home, their first break in the case.
 
Police would not say what items were in the bag belonging to Jessica Ridgeway, who has been missing since Friday, except that some of the items had her name on them.
 
A homeowner in a subdivision in Superior found the bag on the sidewalk outside his house about 6.4 miles from the girl's hometown of Westminster. Both towns are along the Denver-Boulder Turnpike.
 
"We're trying to determine when it got there, why it got there," Westminster Police Investigator Trevor Materasso said, adding it's a big break in the case.
 
A bloodhound is being used at the scene where the bag was found, Materasso said.
 
Police had not previously been searching for Jessica in the area. They are now interviewing nearby residents, Materasso said.

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/07/us/colorado-missing-girl/index.html

Colorado police announce break in missing girl case
updated 7:56 PM EDT, Sun October 7, 2012

CNN) -- Colorado police searching for a missing 10-year-old girl said Sunday they found her backpack in a subdivision more than six miles away from her home, their first break in the case.
 
Police would not say what items were in the bag belonging to Jessica Ridgeway, who has been missing since Friday, except that some of the items had her name on them.
 
A homeowner in a subdivision in Superior found the bag on the sidewalk outside his house about 6.4 miles from the girl's hometown of Westminster. Both towns are along the Denver-Boulder Turnpike.
 
"We're trying to determine when it got there, why it got there," Westminster Police Investigator Trevor Materasso said, adding it's a big break in the case.
 
A bloodhound is being used at the scene where the bag was found, Materasso said.
 
Police had not previously been searching for Jessica in the area. They are now interviewing nearby residents, Materasso said.
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Sorry, was looking at the same story. So I guess it is safe to say that the items were not previously there? Or is it possible that people would just not be looking for the items?

I have to believe that the police had put out that she would have been carrying this backpack? I mean she had to have carried it with her everyday. Althought I cannot remember reading that in the AMBER ALERT.

[grace-land]

Video of the 4 p.m. press conference and updated information from the 5 p.m. press conference at link

http://www.timescall.com/news/longmont-local-news/ci_21719734/jessica-ridgeway-search-hunt-missing-westminster-girl-shifts

SUPERIOR -- The search for missing 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway of Westminster shifted more than six miles to Superior on Sunday afternoon after a resident found a backpack containing a water bottle that he reported has the girl's name written on it.

A Superior resident e-mailed the town's listserv shortly after 1 p.m. today with a message bearing the subject line "Children's Back Pack Found." The message reads: "Found this morning on the side walk at Andrew Drive and Alpha Court. Water bottle has 'Jessica Ridgeway' name on it. Come and get it."

Westminster police spokesman Trevor Materasso, at a 5 p.m. news conference, said detectives believe that the backpack is Jessica's, but declined to discuss its contents or verify that it contained a water bottle with the girl's name on it.

"We do have reason to believe that it is directly associated with this case," Materasso said. "We're working with the family to make those confirmations. We believe the backpack to be Jessica's."

Materasso said the person who found the backpack didn't recognize the name of the missing girl, but when someone replied to his original e-mail pointing out its significance, he immediately called 911 to report the discovery.

Materasso said detectives are interviewing residents in the area to try to determine how long the backpack had been on the sidewalk in Superior, which he said is 6.4 miles from where the girl was last seen on Friday.

"We've been looking for a lead, and this is possibly that," Materasso told reporters at an earlier news conference this afternoon near the site where the backpack was found.
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[grace-land]

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I don't remember the backpack being mentioned in the Amber Alert nor have I seen it mentioned in any fliers.  Maybe someone else remembers?  An article from earlier in the day states that the backpack was seen at 8:15 a.m.

http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/ci_21719908/jessica-ridgeway-search-hunt-missing-westminster-girl-shifts

Jessica Ridgeway search shifts to Superior after backpack, water bottle found
Posted:   10/07/2012 02:12:30 PM MDT

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A Superior resident e-mailed the town's listserv shortly after 1 p.m. today with a message bearing the subject line "Children's Back Pack Found." The message reads: "Found this morning on the side walk at Andrew Drive and Alpha Court. Water bottle has 'Jessica Ridgeway' name on it. Come and get it."
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As she was waiting in a line of cars to get home, Christine Wiedinmyer said the original tip was e-mailed by one of her neighbors, and she, too, saw the backpack on the sidewalk around 8:15 this morning as she was headed out. She said it didn't really strike her at first because there often are children's bikes or toys left about in the neighborhood.

She said her husband currently was being interviewed at their house by FBI agents because he, too, saw the backpack.
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