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

[Tamikosmom]

Could it be that Mom discovered the truth or was made aware of the truth ... the truth that was hidden within the crawl space of her home?
 
Upon learning the truth through discovery or awareness ... out of a misguided sense of love ... could Mom have participated in a coverup to protect her son from accountability ... participated in a coverup that included the disposal of Jessica's remains and the planting of the backpack in an attempt to obstruct the investigation that was in process?
 
Could it be that the timing of Mom's contact with investigators implies she had clued in that it was just a matter of time until the DNA dots were connected by investigators  ... DNA dots that were taken from her son, crime scene, backpack and jogger?
 
Could it be that the writing on the wall led Mom to believe that her minor son may benefit in the justice system if he were to turn himself in to authorities and confess?
 
Could it be that there was a plea deal with Mom for her cooperation ... a plea deal that implied she would not be held legally accountable for her participation in the attempted cover up?

What would the sealed documents reveal if they were released?

Janet

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The Specific Reason?
 
Police timed release of Ridgeway info
Published: Oct. 28, 2012 at 2:03 PM

The specific reason Mindy Sigg called police has not been revealed due to a gag order on the case.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/10/28/Police-timed-release-of-Ridgeway-info/UPI-99481351447385/
 

The Entire Story?
 
Report: Jessica Ridgeway Murder Suspect Confessed to Keeping Remains in Crawl Space
Posted on: 6:12 pm, October 24, 2012

Sigg’s mother, Mindy Sigg, told the Associated Press that she called police and alerted them to her son’s involvement in Ridgeway’s murder.

“I made the phone call, and he turned himself in. That’s all I have to say,” she said before she broke down in tears and hung up the phone.

http://fox4kc.com/2012/10/24/report-jessica-ridgeway-murder-suspect-confessed-to-keeping-remains-in-crawl-space/

[Tamikosmom]

Muffy

I forgot <snipped> in the above quotes.

I apologize.

Janet

[Tamikosmom]

Off to get ready for our little neighborhood ghosts and goblins?

Jessica should not be missing out.

 

Janet
4:00 PM PT

[Gypsy DD]

I may be callous, but I don't blame Austin Sigg's father, mother, grandparents or teachers or preachers for what Austin did.

I blame Austin for what Austin did.

What an evil thing to do by an evil "child."

Of course, he will not get death, or a life sentence.

I do wish he gets the most severe penalty that law allows.

I completely agree with you Brandi.

I am so tired of society blaming parents, friends, religion, neighbors, schools, lack of schools..the list is endless on reasons to excuse kids of very bad and extreme behavior ..all that blamining does is give the individual a pass.  His father isn't to blame nor his mother because they are divorced..hello that would mean atleast 50% of young people are at risk of this type of crime simply because their parents aren't anylonger married.  His church isn't to blame unless they preach murder of young girls, I suspect they don't.  His community isn't to blame..how could they perdict this behavior.  The father of the friend she walked to school with isn't to blame..miscommunication didn't cause this to happen.  The blame lies only with this individual that decided to take her life..and then when that didn't excite him enough to mutilate her remains..sick kid..but to try to place blame on circumstances, mental health, his family etc passes the buck.  We don't know how to id and cure everyone out there..his family tried to get him help..he had friends, he had a regular life at school..this is not some complete total outcast that no one knew or cared about..he is a result of his own bad judgement and cravings..nothing more..nothing less.  Most heinous crimes aren't committed by outcasts..they are created and committed by the monsters within people growing up in normal circumstances...and we simply are not at a place to stop those events before they happen..much less predict when and to whom they will happen. 

[cookie]

I may be callous, but I don't blame Austin Sigg's father, mother, grandparents or teachers or preachers for what Austin did.

I blame Austin for what Austin did.

What an evil thing to do by an evil "child."

Of course, he will not get death, or a life sentence.

I do wish he gets the most severe penalty that law allows.

I completely agree with you Brandi.

I am so tired of society blaming parents, friends, religion, neighbors, schools, lack of schools..the list is endless on reasons to excuse kids of very bad and extreme behavior ..all that blamining does is give the individual a pass.  His father isn't to blame nor his mother because they are divorced..hello that would mean atleast 50% of young people are at risk of this type of crime simply because their parents aren't anylonger married.  His church isn't to blame unless they preach murder of young girls, I suspect they don't.  His community isn't to blame..how could they perdict this behavior.  The father of the friend she walked to school with isn't to blame..miscommunication didn't cause this to happen.  The blame lies only with this individual that decided to take her life..and then when that didn't excite him enough to mutilate her remains..sick kid..but to try to place blame on circumstances, mental health, his family etc passes the buck.  We don't know how to id and cure everyone out there..his family tried to get him help..he had friends, he had a regular life at school..this is not some complete total outcast that no one knew or cared about..he is a result of his own bad judgement and cravings..nothing more..nothing less.  Most heinous crimes aren't committed by outcasts..they are created and committed by the monsters within people growing up in normal circumstances...and we simply are not at a place to stop those events before they happen..much less predict when and to whom they will happen. 

agree with both of you

[grace-land]

In case anyone is interested about the reward money...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WxGY7kFgS3MDreFd5vQ9sM32bPJiD4NkVA0uV1Wm5RE/edit?pli=1

Westminster Police Department & Metro Denver  Crime Stoppers

           For Immediate Release
             Prepared by: Investigator Trevor Materasso
            Case Number: 2012-16605
             Subject: Crime Stoppers Ridgeway Reward Account Closed

Post Office Box 40965 – Denver, Colorado 80204
Information 720.913-6014 – TIPLINE: 720.913.7867
www.metrodenvercrimestoppers.com

www.facebook.com/MetroCrimeStoppers

Date – October 26, 2012
 
The Westminster Police Department and Metro Denver Crime Stoppers received several generous donations from concerned citizens not only in the metro area, but also throughout the world.  We have closed the special Ridgeway reward account and are in the process of offering to return the money collected from those known donors.  All donations received by anonymous donors will be used for future missing and exploited child cases.
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[Amys Sister]

The evidence and studies are inconclusive regarding the environmental effects of childhood neglect, abuse, humiliation, and/or apathy by the caregivers of those who become deviant killers.  To ignore the possibility that it is a factor means we continue the cycle and ultimately never learn if we can prevent it.

Parental influence has to be the biggest factor besides genetics on how these sickos behave and how far they are capable of going.  It's a complex issue that can't be boiled down to any one thing, at least not yet. 

Consider if a young child presented with antisocial behaviors, sociopathic, unable to feel emotion.  Place this child in a household where the parents don't ignore the signs, show the child kind and loving behavior to mimic, mirror to the child all he or she is capable of becoming even while being unable to feel, explain why causing injury is not okay... direct them toward higher knowledge and understanding, support hobbies and interests such as athletics, set consistent boundaries that show the young person cause and effect.

Take that same child and place him or her in a neglectful or otherwise uncaring environment with turmoil, anger, exposure to violence or porn, lacking in consistent boundaries all while they are in the developmental stage. 

I think it will heavily effect what the child becomes.  JMO.

Yes, at this point we can blame no one but Austin.  It doesn't mean we shouldn't consider where he started and how he got here.

[Tamikosmom]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M2FHhqM6-C_0QD8JVf7QCkS5wDRzotB4YYczfao5pjQ/edit?pli=1

[Tamikosmom]

 


Teenage Suspect in Ridgeway Murder Charged With 17 Counts
Oct. 30, 2012

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On the opposite side of the courtroom, Sigg's parents sat a few rows behind their son, keeping his younger brother between them. At one point Mindy Sigg rubbed her ex-husband's back. Rob Sigg appeared to mutter several prayers to himself before and throughout hearing.

At the end of the hearing, Sigg's mother, father and younger brother all sat with their heads down.

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/jessica-ridgeway-killing-suspect-faces-17-charges/story?id=17599507

[Tamikosmom]

DA: DNA of Austin Sigg, suspect in Jessica Ridgeway murder, found on backpack

Posted:   10/25/2012 08:17:26 AM MDT
October 25, 2012 3:45 PM GMT
Updated:   10/25/2012 09:45:57 AM MDTBy Jessica Fender and Ryan Parker

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Sigg, described in arrest papers as "cooperative," is at the Mount View Youth Services Center in Lakewood, which houses juveniles charged with crimes. He is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder, felony murder and kidnapping in Jessica's case, and with criminal attempt to kidnap and murder in an attack on a jogger at Ketner Lake.

Prosecutors will ask that he be transferred to county jail.

Prosecutors said Thursday their case is bolstered by the teen's confession and by the fact his DNA matches material found on Jessica's backpack.

There was high security in the courtroom, with 14 law enforcement officers guarding the suspect. Sigg's younger brother collapsed against his mother in tears as his heavily shackled brother was led into a courtroom. Other Sigg family members were apparently turned away by the court.

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http://**/breakingnews/ci_21852488/austin-sigg-suspect-jessica-ridgeway-murder-due-court

She brought his younger brother to the hearing?   

[Tamikosmom]

[cookie]

Janet.. I thought it odd that she would bring the younger brother to court too.

[Amys Sister]

Precious girl.   

[Tamikosmom]

Janet.. I thought it odd that she would bring the younger brother to court too.

Cookie

When I put my 14 year old grandson in the place of Ausin's 14 year old brother ... it is too much for me to comprehend.   This young man endured two hearings ... two hearings listening to the horrific charges against his brother ... two hearings watching his brother led into the courtroom and from the courtroom in shackles.

What were his parents thinking?  Why did the "powers that be" in the system allow this?  It is downright child abuse!!  IMO

Janet

[Amys Sister]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parenting
...Developmental psychologist Diana Baumrind identified three main parenting styles in early child development: authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive.[4][5][6][7] These parenting styles were later expanded to four, including an uninvolved style. These four styles of parenting involve combinations of acceptance and responsiveness on the one hand and demand and control on the other.[8]...

...An uninvolved parenting style is when parents are often emotionally absent and sometimes even physically absent.[10] They have little to no expectation of the child and regularly have no communication. They are not responsive to a child's needs and do not demand anything of them in their behavioral expectations. They provide everything the child needs for survival with little to no engagement.[10] There is often a large gap between parents and children with this parenting style. Children with little or no communication with parents tended to be the victims of another child’s deviant behavior and may be involved in some deviance themselves.[11] Children of uninvolved parents suffer in each of the following areas: social competence, academic performance, psychosocial development and problem behavior....
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Austin became addicted to porn according to sources and reports.  Some reports have stated it was extremely violent porn.  How did he gain enough access to develop an addiction?

Austin had a collection of knives and swords, even after being treated for the above addiction.  Did either of his parents consider Austin's needs when allowing this collection to remain in the house, even knowing he was obsessed with death and dismemberment.  He stated he desired to be a mortician.  I'm not saying this is a bad thing if viewed in the context of an otherwise healthy teen, however we know that Austin was not.

Parenting is the most important job society has.  It cannot be valued enough yet we are in a cycle where it is rarely valued at all with bad or lukewarm parenting becoming the status quo.  As a result there are more and more wounded and sick adults with an escalation in violent and deviant crime.

[Tamikosmom]

If the May 28th attempted kidnapping and murder of the jogger using a chemical soaked rag ... had been taken seriously by parents and LE ... maybe Jessica Ridgeway would be among the other children in her neighborhood enjoying an evening of "trick and treating".

The warning letter sent home by Jefferson County to ALL school age children informing of the attack did not suffice.  It took the life of a little ten year old girl for a community to wake up.

Janet

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In wake of Jessica's slaying, focus was on a safe and fun Halloween
Posted:   10/31/2012 11:22:34 AM MDT
Updated:   11/01/2012 05:37:27 AM MDT

WESTMINSTER  — The sound of laughter and celebration returned to the neighborhood that separates the homes of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway and her alleged killer, 17-year-old Austin Sigg.

"The past month has been the nightmare," said Mike Harper, who lifted his garage door about two blocks from Sigg's home Wednesday to expose a bounty of Halloween chocolate. "Let's let kids get back to being kids."

In one group, a dozen parents were accompanying about 20 children, as police doubled their patrols in Westminster to calm parents' jangled nerves.

About 30 cops patrolled the community on Halloween night, instead of the usual 15, said spokesman Trevor Materasso.

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http://**/breakingnews/ci_21896338/police-departments-double-neighborhood-patrols-halloween

[Tamikosmom]

Considering May 28th violent jogger attack ... were there increased patrols by LE.  Think about it the attacker had yet to be apprehended.

Considering the victim was able to provide a description ... why was there no composite drawing circulated.

Janet

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Jessica Ridgeway murder: Colorado killing connected to attack on jogger at Ketner Lake
Posted: 9:08 AM (October 23, 2012)
Last Updated: 2 hours and 39 minutes ago

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In the May attack, a 22-year-old woman was jogging when a man grabbed her from behind and tried put a chemical-laced rag over her mouth, police said.

The woman escaped and called 911, police said. Yet officers searching the area with a police dog were unable to find the attacker.

The suspect in the May 2012 attack was described as a light-skinned man who ranged in age from 18 to his 30s. He had brown hair, a medium build and was about 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall. The man was wearing a dark blue baseball cap, small-rim sunglasses, a black T-shirt and blue jeans.

A similar incident occurred in July 2010, when a man chased a female jogger near the lake. Police said that man's description was similar to the assailant in the jogger attack.

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http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/national/jessica-ridgeway-murder-colorado-killing-connected-to-attack-on-jogger-at-ketner-lake

[Tamikosmom]

The Letter

Police Not Ruling Out Possible Connection To Attempted Abduction Suspect
October 11, 2012 8:15 PM

Police in Arvada have been investigating two cases of attempted abduction since Sept. 9. Now police in Westminster are taking a closer look at the case to see if there is a connection to Jessica’s disappearance.

On that day a child was approached by a stranger near Quaker Acres Park in Arvada near Warder Elementary School. The stranger allegedly offered candy and asked the child to come to his car.

Three days later another child was approached by a similar stranger offering candy at Fitzmorris Elementary School. ...

On Sept. 14 Jefferson County School District sent a letter to parents warning them of the situation with the attempted abductions.

In both instances the children ran away and told adults what had happened.

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http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/10/11/police-not-ruling-out-possible-connection-to-attempted-abduction-suspect/


Full Video: Family of Jessica Ridgeway makes first public statement
Posted on: 3:40 pm, October 9, 2012

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The family also described the community from which Jessica was taken. They called it a safe place — one so safe, in fact, that most of the children in the neighborhood made the mile-and-a-half walk to Witt Elementary School together every morning.

“Our neighborhood is safe,” Sarah said. “The kids go down and play at the park all the time. I’ve never seen anybody suspicions. There have never been burglaries".

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http://kdvr.com/2012/10/09/family-of-jessica-ridgeway-makes-first-public-statement/

[Tamikosmom]

Jessica Ridgeway: What happened to the Colorado girl?
By Eric Gorski and Jeremy P. Meyer
Updated:   10/21/2012 08:55:47 AM MDT

She walked out the door, and she was gone.

The 10-year-old girl with the gap in her front teeth, who liked to play cheerleader and waitress, giggled a lot, loved the color purple and couldn't wait to be a teenager, was on her way to school, alone.

She was supposed to meet a friend, a boy her age. The 1,000-foot walk down the street to his home should have taken four minutes, maybe five.

But Jessica Ridgeway, bundled against the cold in a black puffy jacket, never arrived.

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Before leaving for school that day, Jessica called a friend who lives a few blocks away to see if he would be walking to nearby Witt Elementary School, according to police dispatch tapes.

It was 8:25 a.m. She spoke to the boy's father, who said his son would wait for her.

"It is snowing," Sarah Ridgeway recalled in an interview four days after her daughter disappeared. "I watch her walk out the door.

I shut the door. And that is the last time I saw her."

Jessica headed out at about 8:30. The walk to her friend's house is slightly more than 1,000 feet.

The route through the modest neighborhood of single-tract homes leads past Chelsea Park — a pocket park with playground equipment.

On some days, Jessica would meet friends at the park for the walk that a few blocks later cuts across open space and leads to Witt Elementary.

But on that chilly day, Jessica planned to meet her friend at his home. By 8:40 a.m., she had not arrived. With only 10 minutes until the bell rang, father and son drove off to school.

Reached last week by The Denver Post, the father declined an interview request.

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http://**/news/ci_21820092/jessica-ridgeway-what-happened-colorado-girl

[Gypsy DD]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parenting
...Developmental psychologist Diana Baumrind identified three main parenting styles in early child development: authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive.[4][5][6][7] These parenting styles were later expanded to four, including an uninvolved style. These four styles of parenting involve combinations of acceptance and responsiveness on the one hand and demand and control on the other.[8]...

...An uninvolved parenting style is when parents are often emotionally absent and sometimes even physically absent.[10] They have little to no expectation of the child and regularly have no communication. They are not responsive to a child's needs and do not demand anything of them in their behavioral expectations. They provide everything the child needs for survival with little to no engagement.[10] There is often a large gap between parents and children with this parenting style. Children with little or no communication with parents tended to be the victims of another child’s deviant behavior and may be involved in some deviance themselves.[11] Children of uninvolved parents suffer in each of the following areas: social competence, academic performance, psychosocial development and problem behavior....
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Austin became addicted to porn according to sources and reports.  Some reports have stated it was extremely violent porn.  How did he gain enough access to develop an addiction?

Austin had a collection of knives and swords, even after being treated for the above addiction.  Did either of his parents consider Austin's needs when allowing this collection to remain in the house, even knowing he was obsessed with death and dismemberment.  He stated he desired to be a mortician.  I'm not saying this is a bad thing if viewed in the context of an otherwise healthy teen, however we know that Austin was not.

Parenting is the most important job society has.  It cannot be valued enough yet we are in a cycle where it is rarely valued at all with bad or lukewarm parenting becoming the status quo.  As a result there are more and more wounded and sick adults with an escalation in violent and deviant crime.

Amy..I totally get what you are posting..that parenting could have and should have presented this...I totally can't completely agree that only the parents..and not the person that dsid this are the reason.  I feel we now live in a society where we need to place blame..and if it is a child we feel either the parents or society didn't set the right standards..didn't dilengently set the right  conduct standards... However, laws are laws..there is no child in Amercia that is 17 almost 18 years old that does not know..and he surely didn't, that murder is unacceptable behavior and you will be punished..

I spent the major part of my life in social services as a behavior scientist..those people who are supposed to explain things that  go very wrong..as in heinous crimes to the rest of the population.

Here's what I have found..many serial killers come from deviant backgrounds..and many come from everyday normal backgrounds.  That's pretty scary isn't it..knowing that someone in your neighborhood or mine...with nice parents, access to good schools, further education just might be the next person to commit a very bad crime..such as this.  Evil surrounds us..parents. the community etc are not to blame in this case..let it go..the damage is done..and what we might ultimatley learn about this man's reasoning in this crime will only come when he is ready.  I am thinking that many have blamed society , their upbringing, their parents divorce..and yet many have lived in poverty, with only a single parent....and never ever thought of doing this type
of despicable act to another human being.  Get what I am saying..no matter the circumstances with is kid..he would have done this act..he built his own self up to it..and not because of a divorce, bad parenting or anything else.  This type of crime is a very insular crime..meaning totally orchestrated and pertatrated in the head of the person committing it..no one else.

There are very many excuses ..I don't think that his parents, their divorce were one of them..if so look out..because 50% of American marriages fail now..no there is more to this then just divorce and poor parenting..there is a mental breakdown, a fatish, an obsession, well you get the picture..more then meets the eye.