going to be at school,on t be able t see what is going to happen, and all the fun things that she could have seen. last night i was thinking about it too, and it brought tears to my eyes. it s just sad to think about that. claudia cowan covering the story live from san francisco. reporter: 4 so many questions surrounding this crime that has directly affected everyone who lives in this small rural community. three days later there is still no person of interest, no leads that we know of, not even a composite sketch of the suspect. what we do have are conflicting details about this intruder who allegedly killed layla fowler inside her home and ran away after being spotted by her 12-year-old brother. the intruder has been vaguely described as 6 feet tall, white or latino, possibly with long gray hair and no specifics about his age. according to investigators a neighbor saw a man fitting a similar description running from the home, and now we re hearing that a third witness may have
killing of young layla fowler and so far, they have not been able to come up with a composite of a suspect. that s because in part, one of the witnesses is her brother, a 12-year-old boy, and as each day drags on here, residents still nervous that no one yet is a prime suspect in this murder mystery. sheriff s deputies on foot and patrol cars made their presence seen at jenny lind elementary school. this is where layla attended third grade. some classmates held flowers for layla. their parents held on to fear. i m scared. for my kids and for the family. it s horrible. he was friends with her in class. they were classmates. they sit together at school. very sad. things like that don t happen here. anything to tell us about what have you and why?
it was thought that they would make some kind of a statement after the sheriff said a few words, and aer he officially introduced them. as you can see they were simply too distraught to say anything. there is some speculation we might hear from them tonight during a candlelight vigil which will be held at layla s elementary school. jenna: we ll continue to watch for the developments. claudia, thank you. jon: fox news alert. new reaction to president obama s speaking on the boston and benghazi terror attacks during that white house news conference in our last hour. the president asked about critics raising concerns about u.s. national security in the kef those attacks. listen. lindsey graham a senior member of the armed services committee has said that benghazi and boston are both examples of the u.s. going backwards on national security. is he right? and did our intelligence miss something? no, mr. graham is not right on this issue, sure
slightly different description. there are some consistencies which are those consistencies that we ve released to you but there are also inconsistencies on the three different descriptions, that s why we ve chosen to rel a sketch or to go into the variances at this time. more than a hundred officers are patrolling the area, beefing up security at layla s elementary school where a popular memorial to the popular third grader is growing, and where the students are being offered counseling support. investigators are also analyzing fingerprints and dna evidence found at the home. they hope to have those test results back in a week or so. they are also on tacting all the registered sex offenders and parolees who live in the community. jenna. jenna: such a mystery right now. what about the parents? we understand they were at a press conference last night. what did they have to say? reporter: they did appear at a hastily called news conference outside the sheriff s department.
i m sad. i didn t want her to die. layla s mother told cnn via facebook, we are devastated and so full of life. look at our baby girl. she didn t deserve this. layla s parents appeared at a news conference monday night. they did not speak and were understandably emotional. through police, they asked for respect and privacy. michael range lives near the fowlers and heard of the deadly stabbing from a neighbor boy. i took my kids instantly, locked the doors and waited to find out actually what happened. it s scary. we ve been inside all weekend. reporter: a lot of residents feel trapped. pinned down after the mysterious death of layla fowler who would have turned nine in june. and tonight we expect an outpouring of emotion as they will have a vigil for layla at the local school. that will start at 7:00, pacific time. chris. all right, paul. thank you for that.