Jessica Ridgeway's Great-Grandmother Reacts To Arrest: "Burn Him"
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CBS4)- Murder suspect Austin Sigg was arrested Tuesday night for the murder and abduction of Jessica Ridgeway, the 10-year-old Westminster girl who was last seen walking to school Oct. 5.
Some of Jessica's family lives near Kansas City, including her father and great-grandmother.
"I don't think I can look at this person, into his face and not be judgmental. I think it's all I've got within me to not want to just burn him, and I mean burn him," said Jessica's great-grandmother Donna Moss.
Sigg, 17, appeared in court on Thursday morning. He is being held without bond on two counts of murder and kidnapping at the Mount View Youth Services Center.
Sigg made a detailed confession to police including where to find human remains in the crawl space under his home he shared with his mother.
Jessica Ridgeway Murder Timeline
- Jessica Ridgeway, 10, disappeared on her way to school on the morning of Oct. 5. After leaving home on foot, she never met up with friends she normally walks to school with at Chelsea Park. The park is about three blocks from her home and about a mile from the school.
- When she didn't arrive at Witt Elementary School in Westminster, Jefferson County Schools officials tried to contact her mother. They made a call at 10 a.m. but were only able to leave a voicemail. Ridgeway's mother, who works an overnight shift and sleeps during the day, didn't get the message until 4:30 p.m. and immediately contacted Westminster police.
- It took about five hours before the protocols were met in the case for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to call an Amber Alert.
- Ridgeway's backpack was found on the sidewalk near Alpha Court and Andrew Drive in the Rock Creek neighborhood in Superior. That's 6.4 miles away from her home. It's unknown so far at what point the backpack wound up there.
- The CBI analyzed the backpack for DNA evidence and collected evidence from Ridgeway's home for comparison.
- Searches were taking place around Jessica's home and her school, as well as in open space areas in Westminster. Another area that underwent an extensive search was Rock Creek and open space areas near there.
- A day after their tearful televised plea for help and thanks to the community, police on Oct. 10 ruled out Ridgeway's parents as being involved in her disappearance. Police said Ridgeway may have been abducted by an unknown suspect.
- Late in the day on Oct. 11 Ridgeway's body was found in Arvada on Highway near Pattridge Park Open Space and Highway 93, about seven miles from Ridgeway's home.
- Police arrested Austin Reed Sigg, 17, at his home in the 10600 block of 102nd Avenue on Oct. 23. According to the police report, Sigg confessed to police and waived his rights when taken into custody.
Westminster Police Ridgeway Case Tip Line: (303) 658-4336 or pdamberalert@cityofwestminster.us
