When authorities in Indiana came across a body in a gravel pit, they feared it belonged to Alejandra Gutierrez, a 10-year-old who had gone missing eleven days earlier. Now, their fears have been confirmed -- investigators determined the body is Alejandra's.
Alejandra disappeared while walking to a school bus stop on December 8th. Eleven days later, police found a body in a gravel pit in Delaware County, Ind., about 50 miles from Alejandra's home in Fort Wayne. A coroner's report confirmed her identity. Although police have two suspects, 33-year-old Simon Rios, and a 17-year-old boy, they have not been able to charge either of them with the abduction or death of the little girl.
Police say Rios is being held in Allen County Jail on four unrelated murder charges -- those of his wife and three daughters.