This image provided by the Westminster Colorado Police Department shows 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway. Police in Westminster are looking for a 10-year-old girl who was last seen walking to school. Jessica Ridgeway normally meets a friend at a park on her way to Witt Elementary School, but she didn’t make it to the park or school Friday Oct. 5, 2012. An Amber Alert has been issued. (AP Photo/Westminster Colorado Police Department)

WESTMINSTER | Police say a backpack found in the town of Superior is likely linked to a 10-year-old girl who has been missing since Friday.

This image provided by the Westminster Colorado Police Department shows 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway. Police in Westminster are looking for a 10-year-old girl who was last seen walking to school. Jessica Ridgeway normally meets a friend at a park on her way to Witt Elementary School, but she didn’t make it to the park or school Friday Oct. 5, 2012. An Amber Alert has been issued. (AP Photo/Westminster Colorado Police Department)

Westminster police say the backpack was found on a sidewalk on a street about 6 miles from the suburban Denver home of Jessica Ridgeway, who was last seen Friday as she walked to a park where she meets classmates before school.

An Amber Alert has been issued.

Police would not discuss the contents of the bag but say they believe it belongs to the girl. They also say the item has led investigators to expand their search for the girl to the Rock Creek subdivision of Superior.

Jessica weighs 80 pounds and is 4-feet-10 with blue eyes and blond shoulder-length hair.

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Hotline for information on Jessica Ridgeway: 303-658-4336

One reply on “Police: Backpack found likely belongs to Ridgeway”

  1. It’s bad enough people arent called by their full name or title, but to call a 10 year old missing girl by her last name only is unnecessary and rude.

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