July 28, 2015
By Martha Mendoza
...The search for a missing 8-year-old girl (click here) came to a tragic end after police found a body inside a trash bin at a Northern California complex where she was last seen riding her scooter. A teenage boy, who also lives in the complex, was arrested in the case.
Santa Cruz Police Chief Kevin Vogel said the body found by a detective
Monday night at a Santa Cruz artist community and housing center likely
belongs to Madyson Middleton.
"We haven't positively identified her yet but we believe she is probably Madyson Middleton," Vogel said.
A 15-year-old boy who lives in the complex was arrested around the same
time the body was found and is being questioned on suspicion of
homicide, Vogel said.
Madyson vanished Sunday afternoon at Tannery Arts Center, where she
lives with her mother. She was last seen riding her new, white scooter
in the courtyard, but at about 5 p.m. her mother realized she was gone....
