Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Sigg to be Tried as an Adult

Seventeen year old Austin Reed Sigg will be tried as an adult in the Jessica Ridgeway murder case.

That was the decision handed down by a Jefferson County, Colorado judge, on Tuesday.

Sigg is charged with the kidnapping and murder of ten year old Jessica Ridgeway, in October, and the attempted abduction of a twenty-two year old woman, in May, as well as other charges.

According to police, he has already confessed to all of the charges against him.

He could see a minimum of forty years in prison, if convicted.

Even being tried as an adult, Colorado law keeps him from the death penalty, due to his being below the age of eighteen.

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