MURDER OF SKYLAR KAUFFMAN, 9, 'TERRIBLY VIOLENT'

A SEARCH for a 9-year-old Philadelphia-area girl has ended in heartbreak. The body of Skylar Kauffman was discovered in a  dumpster around midnight Monday after detectives followed a bloody trail. Cops have arrested a 40-year-old neighbor and expect him to be charged within hours in the "terribly violent" slaying.
Skylar had been playing outside her parents apartment in suburban Souderton Monday when she disappeared. But when the man grabbed her in the sex-fuelled attack, cops say she put up a heroic struggle that may ultimately send her killer to his death.
Police chief James P. O'Leary told Fox 29:
"Unfortunately this was a terribly violent crime, but with violent crimes comes a tremendous amount of physical evidence. There's no doubt the evidence will link the suspect, who is the perpetrator ... the perpetrator and the victim to the crime."
Witnesses last saw Skylar playing in a parking lot at about 5 p.m. local time, and that her parents called the police when she failed to return home for dinner.
O' Leary added: "There are indications that she struggled and I really, really am so saddened by her death, but I hope that in that struggle that there was an exchange of evidence so we can link him even more completely to the crime."
Sources say Skylar and the suspect were involved in an incident two weeks ago when she ran sobbing and screaming away from his apartment. Cops have confirmed but would not provide any further details.

HOW THEY FOUND SKYLAR'S KILLER

CALI COPS HUNT MONSTER WHO KIDNAPPED GIRL, 9

IT'S every parent's worst nightmare - a thief breaks in and walks away with their most precious possession, their sleeping 9-year-old daughter. But after a frantic search officers found the disorientated, seriously injured girl going door to door hours later, several miles away from her home in Riverside, CA.
The girl and her two siblings, who's ages authorities have not provided that ages of live with their single mother, whom police said was not
home at the time of the abduction.
Sgt. Wayne Ramaekers  said: "At this time, we're just focusing on apprehending the bad guy."

The girl was hospitalized and her name was not released.
The abducted girl told police a man she didn't know carried her away and later dumped her from his car in another part of Riverside, located 60 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
Police called a press conference for Tuesday to update the public on the investigation and cautioned residents to think about their security at all times.
A spokesman said: "Unfortunately, we live in a world where we have to think of our safety and security, and that probably means keeping our doors and windows locked at night."