And rescue teams scoured the area, air searches were done as well. But the level of despair is growing among family and friends. Were feeling helpless at this point. Weve been checking tents and homeless camps and have gone as far as Paradise Park and scoured trails through the of river in the dark. Reporter madisons mother remains hopeful. I fell apart. Now, im just in survival mode. Nobody should have to go through this. We would have heard her. We would have heard. She was just right here here. Reporter police say dogs have dragged her scent along the beach, but she remains missing. Mark klaus is offering to help in the search for middleton. We can help with any kind of a Community Search effort. Either by providing a search leader and team leaders. We can do mapping. Klaus says the first 24 hours are critical. Mark claus says statistics show if a child is going to be murdered it will happen within the first 24 hours but police are calling this a missing child case, not a kidnapping
8yearold Maddy Middleton was discovered last night. The worst possible thing that could happen. Reporter neighbors who held out hope during the frantic 24hour search are now shocked to hear their 15yearold neighbor has been arrested for the crime. From what ive seen, hes like a normal kid. He hangs out with other normal kids and plays with his yoyo all day long. Its my belief that she was killed before we even got the phone call on sunday night. Reporter Santa Cruz Police chief kevin vogel says the 15yearold suspect lived in the building, an older kid who madly likely trusted. It appears she was lured to the suspects apartment willingly. Reporter investigators believe the teen killed maddy inside his familys apartment before moving her body to a recycle bin in the parking garage downstairs. The suspect was in close proximity to the recycle bin. And thats when we took him into custody. Reporter friends of the Middleton Family are angry. Police say the first hours of the investigation we
Missing daughter that vanished from outside of her home in santa cruz. Were looking for maddie middleton. Were live where the search for Madison Middleton continues tonight. Reporter resolve is growing that she will be found safe. A new group of volunteer searchers is getting ready to hit the streets in santa cruz this evening to lend fresh eyes and ears to what effort. The patrol issued an all points bulletin. The search effort has been challenging because of the terrain from the mountains. So there is a huge spread of area that needs to be searched and can be searched from the levy down to the beach and from Railroad Tracks up towards the area and such. Reporter motivation comes from deep inside. It hits everyones heart. Shes innocent. Everyone wants her to come home safely. We hope she will. Reporter professional search and rescue teams scoured the area, air searches were done as well. But the level of despair is growing among family and friends. Were feeling helpless at this point.
To come back and kill you. Im like oh, my god. Reporter the suspect sped off and reeves called his boss who called police. And inside the stolecar, a valuable tracking device. Connecting to onstar. Reporter and that connected police directly to the cars location and then they were able to track down the suspect. The van has on star so its kind of ridiculous. Reporter you have his drivers license. And we have his drivers license so he wasnt a brain scientist. Reporter police say the suspect crashed into a few vehicles on his high speed getaway and ended up on the side of the road when they tracked him down and arrested him in antioch. A coworker has a new nickname for christopher. He is our little local superman. He is Christopher Reeves. Reporter he says he prefers the title top sales guy and despite it all he has a good sense of humor. My name is Christopher Reeves and i got that name a couple of years ago, superman without the muscles so ha. Reporter a lot of bravery. I had to be. Re
You know everybody around here is Walking Around in a state of shock. Breaking news at 8. Pam we are learning new details tonight. In the grisly murder of 8 yearold maddy middleton. Kron4 was live as the arrest of a 15 year old boy unfolded last night in santa cruz. Reporter he went to Great Lengths to hide her body. He lowered mellon to the playground creek she will love him because he trusted her and they both have lived on at this apartment complex for years. Please reporter say by that time she was already dead, she had been missing for one hour at that time in 24 hours the police, sheriffs, fbi and residents searched for her. A detective covered her body not too far from the apartment with the suspect, shared with his mother. This has been absolutely devastating for me personally and for my staff to read my staff was so hopeful that we would find her alive. And when the news came that she was not alive it was horrific. It was horrible. Reporter after watching Surveillance Footage