Body of missing Washington state teen found, authorities take 18-year-old man into custody
By APTuesday, August 24, 2010
Wash. state girl found dead; 18-year-old detained
PUYALLUP, Wash. — A sheriff’s officer says a 16-year-old developmentally disabled girl who disappeared while riding her bike near her Washington state home has been found dead.
Pierce County sheriff’s Detective Ed Troyer tells KOMO-TV that Kimmie Daily’s body was found Monday evening in a ditch 12 blocks from her home in Puyallup (Pew-AL-up), a city south of Seattle. Troyer says an 18-year-old man has been taken into custody.
The girl’s father, Cecil Daily, said he began worrying last Tuesday when his daughter left for a friend’s house on her bike but never arrived.
The family says the teen functioned at the level of a 9-year-old due to a disability.
The cause of death has not been determined.
Information from KOMO-TV, KING-TV
