SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say they have made an arrest in the death of a 7-year-old girl whose body was found in a creek during a football game.
Trooper B.J. Eaton said Friday in a release that 38-year-old Timothy Madden of Scottsville was taken into custody in the case.
Madden was charged with kidnapping, rape, sodomy and murder. He’s being held without bond in the Barren County jail, according to WKRN News 2.
A source confirmed to News 2 that Madden is a local father of five children and attended high school with victim’s father, who is the same age. The source also said he was sitting near the family that night.
Gabriella Doolin was reported missing Saturday night by her mother while they were at a football game at Allen County-Scottsville High School in south-central Kentucky.
A search began immediately, and Gabriella’s body was found about 25 minutes later in a creek in a wooded area behind the high school.
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