Jessica Ridgeway

Jessica ridgeway was a 10-year-old girl from westminster, colorado who was strangled to death on october 5, 2012, by then 17-year-old austin sigg after he abducted her while she was walking to. Nov 19, 2013"there are no more hugs or kisses or her little toes digging into mine on the couch." jessica's mom, sarah ridgeway, played a slideshow of photos of the fifth-grader while music played. May 3, 2025jessica ridgeway, 10, was never seen alive again after disappearing on her morning walk to school in october 2012.

Oct 27, 2025in late october 2012, sigg’s life unraveled when her 17-year-old son, austin reed sigg, confessed to murdering jessica ridgeway, a crime that had gripped their westminster, colorado. Oct 26, 2025for weeks, the community of westminster, colorado, had been consumed by the disappearance of 10-year-old jessica ridgeway, who had vanished earlier that month while walking. Dec 10, 2024as the investigation into jessica ridgeway’s disappearance escalated, authorities left no stone unturned.

Jul 28, 2019just shy of his 18th birthday, sigg wasn’t eligible for the death penalty but was sentenced to life in prison plus 86 years for jessica’s kidnapping and murder and for charges related to the. Nov 19, 2013last month, as we’ve reported, austin sigg pleaded guilty in the senseless october 2012 murder of jessica ridgeway, a ten-year-old westminster girl. On the morning of friday, october 5, 2012, tragedy struck westminster as 10-year old jessica ridgeway disappeared - last seen on her way to school.

Jessica’s body was later found, and a local teen.