Jessica Ridgeway new developments: A description of the man believed to be responsible for the girl's murder and an attack on a jogger in May has been released. This is the most definitive update in the case of the slain 10-year-old Colorado girl since the discovery of the notorious wooden cross that is still being discussed in media headlines. Perhaps this is just the break in the case everyone's been waiting for, so Jessica can finally have justice.
The man is described as being a white male between the ages of 18 and 30 years old -- so police are looking for a young man. He has light skin and a medium build with brown hair, standing at approximately 5'6" to 5'8".
What can be speculated about the proposed appearance of the suspect? He is a small(ish) person and was unsuccessful in abducting and sexually assaulting the woman jogger in May, and it's probably because of his size. It's probably safe to say that this guy was unable to overpower an adult female victim and therefore preyed upon a younger, smaller version of his preferred victim type. This type of behavior displayed by predators isn't necessarily uncommon. For instance, the abduction of Sierra LaMar out of Morgan Hill, California came after the accused suspect is believed to have tried (and failed) at abducting more than one adult woman in the area. He simply moved down to a smaller and weaker target so as to successfully execute his attack.
Hopefully this description leads to the man who killed Jessica Ridgeway, so a predator will be put away before anymore victims have to suffer the way she did. In the meantime, the officials on this case are requesting donations in order to build a reward toward the search for Jessica's killer. Make out money orders or checks to Crime Stoppers, C/O Justice for Jessica, PO Box40965, Denver, CO, 80204. Or just go here.
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Comments: 6
Very good article! Hopefully they find him! It might take another murder or attempt attack unforutantely, and I hope it doesnt, but otherwise, without more detail we will be able to track him down unless he confesses.
And I suspect this guy might has some wounds on his body, Jess might put up a fight. So far as I see, this guy is very familiar with this area, most likely live within 2 miles range. Chelsea Park where Jess disappeared only within 2000 ft from where the jogging woman attacked and the boy almost snatched; the King Scoopers store where theguy bought trash bag on the west of 3000 ft, and the bag may bought long before the kidnapping because the cashier couldn't recall anything about the buyer. If this is true, then this guy had no intention to hide himself, that means he bought at nearest convenient location. and the King Scoopers stores to plenty nearby, so this one migh be nearest to where he lives. I believe most likely he lives within West 108 Ave to the north, Simms to the west, Wadsworth Pkwy to the East, West 100 Ave, at most West 92nd to the south this area. Police should collect everybody's DNA in this area, if someone recently moved, absent then their direct relatives DNA can point to some similarity. Also, this guy is psycopath, he did tried boy, girl and woman, that means he's desperate, must has some wierd bahavior. I think the community in this area should organize some volunteer door to door collection of DNA samples for police. This guy is either very smart and very bold, because he openly dumped evidence ( as a protest ? ) within short distance.