Those of you whom do not live in Colorado may not have realized that last Friday an Amber Alert was activated for a 10 year old girl, Jessica Ridgeway, from Westminster, CO. The entire Denver Metro community has been on pins & needles, desperately waiting for news in the search for this little girl.
Today, they confirmed that her body has been found.
This entire story is heart-breaking and maddening, and has the entire state (and surrounding) on edge. False-alarm kidnapping attempts are increasing but ya know what… GOOD! That means people are paying attention. Our kids are a bit older, but it was still difficult to talk to them about such a horrendous occurrence. Our thoughts and prayers go out!
[NOTE: On 10/23/2012, an arrest was made in this case.]