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[h=4]Boy, 15, arrested after body of Calif. girl, 8, found[/h]The body of an 8-year-old girl was discovered Monday in a town on the California coast, a day after she disappeared.
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Police in Santa Cruz, California found a body they believe to be missing 8-year-old girl Madyson Middleton. A 15-year-old boy is under arrest. (July 28) AP
This undated photo provided by the Santa Cruz Police Department shows Madyson "Maddy" Middleton, from Santa Cruz, Calif. Middleton disappeared Sunday afternoon outside the Tannery Arts Center in Santa Cruz.(Photo: Courtesy Santa Cruz Police Department via AP)
The desperate<span style="color: Red;">*</span>search for a missing 8-year-old California girl came to a tragic conclusion with the discovery of a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>body in a trash bin and the arrest of a teenage boy, authorities in Santa Cruz said.
A body believed to be Madyson "Maddy" Middleton was found behind the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Tannery Arts Center in Santa Cruz late Monday, Police Chief Kevin Vogel said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>late Monday. The child vanished around 5 p.m. Sunday while riding her scooter outside the artist community. Middleton lived with her mother, Laura Jordan, 42, <span style="color: Red;">*</span>in an affordable-housing unit offered to artists at the center.
"While the Coroner's Office will be responsible to confirm the identity, we are absolutely heartbroken to announce that the body appears to be that of 8-year-old Madyson Middleton," the Santa Cruz Police Department said in a statement.
The suspect lives in the same complex as the victim, and residents told<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the San Jose<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mercury News that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the teen's mother screamed in agony when her son was arrested.
Following her disappearance, police conducted door-to-door searches of the complex and nearby communities. Authorities searched in woodland and park areas nearby, with helicopters, bicycle patrols, dogs and even boats aided the search.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Middleton's father, Michael, spent much of Monday searching the streets with friends.
"Our hearts our broken and our deepest sympathy<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to the family of Madyson Middleton," the California Highway Patrol's Santa Cruz office tweeted. "We are grieving with the entire Santa Cruz community."
The Mercury News quoted Jordan as saying her daughter<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was waiting for a friend to finish a board game so they could play together, and rode her scooter under her friend's window. At 5:07 p.m., surveillance video shows Maddy riding<span style="color: Red;">*</span>near a cluster of metal mailboxes at the Tannery. It was the last time she was seen alive.
"I thought she was in the courtyard," Jordan said. "I thought she was in the bathroom, checked the art bar, then I started to going to every friend's house. Maybe she got bored waiting for her play date, maybe she found another friend. But we had no luck."
Earlier Monday, officials said they were not calling the case a kidnapping. An Amber alert was not issued for the child because the case did not meet the criteria. Instead, an endangered missing person alert was issued.
Contributing: John Bacon
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