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I am so sad. Riley seems like she was such a sweet little girl and it was horrible when she was kidnapped and later found dead. Today they have made an arrest in her death, and it was her father. Now I know that people are wrongly accused, but I doubt that that is the case here. All day there was news that they were going to make an arrest, I kept saying to myself "please be a stranger, please!" I can not understand how anyone could do this to a little girl, much less her father. I pray for her brother and the rest of her family, that they can get through this.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-041027rileyfox,1,740446.story?coll=chi-news-hed
WILMINGTON -- The father of a 3-year-old Will County girl who was found drowned in a rural creek has been arrested in connection wtih the child's murder, authorities said.
Prosecutors said they would decide by Thursday afternoon whether to seek the death penalty against Kevin Fox, father of Riley Fox.
The child's disappearance the morning of June 6 from her Wilmington home led to a massive search by emergency personnel and volunteers. Her body was found later that day in a section of Forked Creek, a stream that runs through the Forsythe Woods forest preserve about four miles from the Fox home.
At a news conference this afternoon, Will County State's Atty. Jeff Tomczak said Kevin Fox faces first-degree murder charges for having "bound, gagged and drowned" his child, a crime the prosecutor described as "exceptionally brutal and heinous."
The child's body showed signs of having been sexually assaulted and bound with duct tape, officials disclosed today.
"Last night, sheriff's detectives interviewed Mr. Fox with regard to the disappearance and murder of his daughter," Will County Sheriff Paul Kaupas said. "Mr. Fox gave a statement that led detectives to believe he killed his daughter after placing her in a nearby creek."
Police would not disclose what led them to suspect the father and to bring him back in for questioning Tuesday. He allegedly made a statement incriminating himself during a 12-hour interrogation. He is in police custody pending a bond hearing Thursday afternoon in Will County Criminal Court.
"We're very relieved there's been an arrest in this case," said Wilmington Mayor Tony McGann. "This is a tragedy that brought the town together, and we're glad there's been some closure."
Kevin Fox previously had told police he left Riley and her brother, Tyler, now 7, sleeping on the living room couch in their Wilmington home early on June 6, then was awakened by Tyler at 8 a.m. saying Riley was gone.
At today's news conference, Will County Coroner Patrick O'Neil said an autopsy found Riley's body showed signs of sexual assault and non-lethal head injuries. Duct tape had been placed over her month, and a substance believed to have been duct tape was found on her forearms, O'Neil said.
The Will County Sheriff's Department was the lead agency in the investigation, working with the Wilmington Police Department and Will County Forest Preserve police.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-041027rileyfox,1,740446.story?coll=chi-news-hed
WILMINGTON -- The father of a 3-year-old Will County girl who was found drowned in a rural creek has been arrested in connection wtih the child's murder, authorities said.
Prosecutors said they would decide by Thursday afternoon whether to seek the death penalty against Kevin Fox, father of Riley Fox.
The child's disappearance the morning of June 6 from her Wilmington home led to a massive search by emergency personnel and volunteers. Her body was found later that day in a section of Forked Creek, a stream that runs through the Forsythe Woods forest preserve about four miles from the Fox home.
At a news conference this afternoon, Will County State's Atty. Jeff Tomczak said Kevin Fox faces first-degree murder charges for having "bound, gagged and drowned" his child, a crime the prosecutor described as "exceptionally brutal and heinous."
The child's body showed signs of having been sexually assaulted and bound with duct tape, officials disclosed today.
"Last night, sheriff's detectives interviewed Mr. Fox with regard to the disappearance and murder of his daughter," Will County Sheriff Paul Kaupas said. "Mr. Fox gave a statement that led detectives to believe he killed his daughter after placing her in a nearby creek."
Police would not disclose what led them to suspect the father and to bring him back in for questioning Tuesday. He allegedly made a statement incriminating himself during a 12-hour interrogation. He is in police custody pending a bond hearing Thursday afternoon in Will County Criminal Court.
"We're very relieved there's been an arrest in this case," said Wilmington Mayor Tony McGann. "This is a tragedy that brought the town together, and we're glad there's been some closure."
Kevin Fox previously had told police he left Riley and her brother, Tyler, now 7, sleeping on the living room couch in their Wilmington home early on June 6, then was awakened by Tyler at 8 a.m. saying Riley was gone.
At today's news conference, Will County Coroner Patrick O'Neil said an autopsy found Riley's body showed signs of sexual assault and non-lethal head injuries. Duct tape had been placed over her month, and a substance believed to have been duct tape was found on her forearms, O'Neil said.
The Will County Sheriff's Department was the lead agency in the investigation, working with the Wilmington Police Department and Will County Forest Preserve police.
<i><b>Noooooooo!</b></i>
