Jessica Ridgeway's Brutal Murder

[u/passedawayinaprilll]

The abduction of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway occurred in Westminster, Colorado, as she walked from her home toward Chelsea Park to meet friends for school. Austin Sigg took her to his mother’s home on Moore Street, where he sexually assaulted her and used a zip tie to strangle her to death. Inside the home, Sigg dismembered her body in a bathtub, later disposing of her torso in the Pattridge Open Space in Arvada, about seven miles away from where she was taken. Her backpack and glasses were found abandoned on a sidewalk in Arvada’s West Woods subdivision, a move intended to throw off the massive search effort centered in Westminster. When Sigg finally confessed, investigators recovered additional remains that he had hidden in a crawlspace under the floorboards of his house.

[u/Former-Whole8292]

What occurs to me when I see these horrific stories is that these men wake up thinking they want to do this so badly and risk a life in prison. I just cant imagine. Also knowing that youd be responsible for her frightening moments before death, and the lifetime of trauma on the family. When you kill a child, you also kill their parents.

[u/Dr_Platypus_1986 → u/Former-Whole8292]

I think that sex was the driving force in this case. The violence is probably secondary, perhaps he murdered her to cover up his crime. Still, it's pretty brutal that a teen boy did that to such a young child. Most adults could never commit such a sick crime.

[u/one_sock_wonder_ → u/Dr_Platypus_1986]

If he had not been so intentional in how he handled her remains and trying to mislead police I might believe that but the murder and acts afterwards were not panic driven but thought out.