Emerge today as investigators reveal how madie consist appeared and where she was murdered. David louie reports. Police say they discovered the body of madison after second more thorough search of the apartment complex where she had lived and had been playing outside. Body fund deep inside recycle bin in the garage area of the complex. Place there had by a neighbor. Teenager boy whom madie knew. When we found madie last night at 5 minutes before 8 the suspect was in close proximity to the recycle bin. Thaesz when we took him that custody. Because hes a juvenile his identity withheld however the santa cruz District Attorney may seek to charge him as an adult. Maybes at the tan ri Art Department certainly know the boy. They are dealing with sharing the grief of the victim mother and the suspect mother. I was known him to be quay it and plight and he rides the skate board around and plays with his yoyo and hes always been a good kishtiond even so Santa Cruz Police say the boy acted alone
The boy accused of killing her. Jana katsuyama is live at police headquarters. Reporter what makes this harder is maddys family knew him. Police say they have evidence, including maddys belongings, witness statements. Always joyful. Always a smile on her face. Just try to be calm. Hold it together for everybody. Reporter a family friend says maddys mom is devastated. Any time any memory of maddy coming up its so hard. Its and theres so many of them. Reporter Santa Cruz Police chief vogel says police have evidence implicating the 15 yearold boy who lived on the third floor above the dumpster. It appears she was lured to the apartment. Its thought she was murdered inside the apartment and then she was carrying downstairses to the dumpster. Reporter she was last seen riding her scooter, and was reported missing about an hour later. A crime made more incomprehensible. To find the suspect not an outsider, but someone within. We had two children were cared a lot about and now theyre both gon