Jeff Riccio

Slain NC girl's aunt says mother was neglectful

The aunt of a 5-year-old girl whose body was found off a rural North Carolina road said Tuesday that she had a hard time letting the girl live temporarily at her mother's house because she believed the woman neglected her children.
 

Vigils held after body of missing NC girl found

The father of a 5-year-old girl whose body was found off a rural North Carolina road regrets giving the girl's mother a chance to raise their daughter, even though she seemed to be getting her life together.
 

Searcher describes where NC girl's body was found

Searcher says missing NC girl's body was found near deer carcasses, calls scene 'terrible'. A dog trainer who helped look for a missing North Carolina 5-year-old says searchers overlooked it at first because all they saw were deer carcasses in trash bags.