10-23-2012, 02:12 AM
http://myfox8.com/2012/10/22/sources-dna...ed-attack/
Sunday afternoon, about a mile from where Jessica Ridgeway’s remains were found, someone walking in a field made an unsettling discovery.
Police closed the field off in crime-scene tape and performed a grid search removing bags of evidence.
A source familiar with the investigation said the person discovered a clump of blond hair which investigators believe may be Jessica Ridgeway’s.
Fox 31 Denver has learned new details about the Ridgeway murder investigation showing investigators are making progress in finding her killer.
In the days after she vanished, investigators asked the public to stop looking at what the 10-year-old girl was wearing when she vanished, and pay more particular attention to her facial features.....
Sources say the reason police asked the public to change their focus is because when they found Ridgeway’s book bag after her disappearance, her clothes were inside. A source said only her socks were missing.
The book bag and Ridgeway’s remains are the two connections police may have to a possible suspect.
Two separate sources familiar with the investigation told Fox 31 Denver’s Justin Joseph, during the investigation into those two items, they recovered a man’s DNA.
Sources say police matched that DNA to the DNA police recovered during another recent attempted sex assault on an adult female. ...
The link suggests the killer’s behavior may be escalating targeting both women and children.
The DNA link also explains why police have gone door-to-door in Jessica’s neighborhood collecting DNA samples....
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/c...uction-try
Police confirmed a definitive connection between the attempted abduction of an adult jogger on Memorial Day near Ketner Lake and the murder of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway.
However Westminster police investigator Trevor Materasso would not say what that link is.
"Police need to preserve the integrity of the investigation as much as possible," he said Monday afternoon.
Westminster police held a meeting with television news directors Monday afternoon to ask them to use more discretion about the details being reported about the case.
On Sunday night, Fox 31 reported elements of the case, attributed to unnamed sources, that Materasso told The Denver Post contained "bad information."
"We are confident in the accuracy of our story and stand by it 100 percent," Fox 31's Vice President of News Ed Kosowski said.
One part of the report said a grocery store receipt for garbage bags was found in Pattridge Park Open Space in Arvada, near where Jessica's body was found Oct. 10. Materasso said no receipts were found in that area or at Ketner Lake Open Space, near Jessica's Westminster home. He said employees at a King Soopers store have been interviewed, but "what led us to talk to them was related to a different tip."
He would not talk about forensic elements of the case, including the results of tests of DNA samples. Nor would he discuss anything about Jessica's backpack, which was discovered in the Superior neighborhood of Rock Creek three days after she disappeared.
He did say what was described as hair by a person walking in a field about a mile from where Jessica's remains were found in Pattridge Park had been collected.
"We are asking people to understand that some of this needs to be withheld," Materasso said....
Last week, police renewed their calls for tips from people who might have information related to the Memorial Day attempted abduction of a jogger on Ketner Lake Open Space. That woman told police that a man attempted to cover her face with a chemical-soaked rag. She was able to escape.
She described her attacker as an 18 to 30 year-old light-skinned male with brown hair and a medium build, about 5-feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall....
Sunday afternoon, about a mile from where Jessica Ridgeway’s remains were found, someone walking in a field made an unsettling discovery.
Police closed the field off in crime-scene tape and performed a grid search removing bags of evidence.
A source familiar with the investigation said the person discovered a clump of blond hair which investigators believe may be Jessica Ridgeway’s.
Fox 31 Denver has learned new details about the Ridgeway murder investigation showing investigators are making progress in finding her killer.
In the days after she vanished, investigators asked the public to stop looking at what the 10-year-old girl was wearing when she vanished, and pay more particular attention to her facial features.....
Sources say the reason police asked the public to change their focus is because when they found Ridgeway’s book bag after her disappearance, her clothes were inside. A source said only her socks were missing.
The book bag and Ridgeway’s remains are the two connections police may have to a possible suspect.
Two separate sources familiar with the investigation told Fox 31 Denver’s Justin Joseph, during the investigation into those two items, they recovered a man’s DNA.
Sources say police matched that DNA to the DNA police recovered during another recent attempted sex assault on an adult female. ...
The link suggests the killer’s behavior may be escalating targeting both women and children.
The DNA link also explains why police have gone door-to-door in Jessica’s neighborhood collecting DNA samples....
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/c...uction-try
Police confirmed a definitive connection between the attempted abduction of an adult jogger on Memorial Day near Ketner Lake and the murder of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway.
However Westminster police investigator Trevor Materasso would not say what that link is.
"Police need to preserve the integrity of the investigation as much as possible," he said Monday afternoon.
Westminster police held a meeting with television news directors Monday afternoon to ask them to use more discretion about the details being reported about the case.
On Sunday night, Fox 31 reported elements of the case, attributed to unnamed sources, that Materasso told The Denver Post contained "bad information."
"We are confident in the accuracy of our story and stand by it 100 percent," Fox 31's Vice President of News Ed Kosowski said.
One part of the report said a grocery store receipt for garbage bags was found in Pattridge Park Open Space in Arvada, near where Jessica's body was found Oct. 10. Materasso said no receipts were found in that area or at Ketner Lake Open Space, near Jessica's Westminster home. He said employees at a King Soopers store have been interviewed, but "what led us to talk to them was related to a different tip."
He would not talk about forensic elements of the case, including the results of tests of DNA samples. Nor would he discuss anything about Jessica's backpack, which was discovered in the Superior neighborhood of Rock Creek three days after she disappeared.
He did say what was described as hair by a person walking in a field about a mile from where Jessica's remains were found in Pattridge Park had been collected.
"We are asking people to understand that some of this needs to be withheld," Materasso said....
Last week, police renewed their calls for tips from people who might have information related to the Memorial Day attempted abduction of a jogger on Ketner Lake Open Space. That woman told police that a man attempted to cover her face with a chemical-soaked rag. She was able to escape.
She described her attacker as an 18 to 30 year-old light-skinned male with brown hair and a medium build, about 5-feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall....