Funeral Held For Md. Girl, 10, Who Police Say Was Raped, Murdered By Family Friend

 

PORT DEPOSIT, Md.-- Friends and family held a funeral Monday for the 10-year-old Maryland girl who police say was raped and murdered by a family friend last week, according to CBS Baltimore.

The station reported that at the time of the murder, Kami Ring was staying with a couple who had become like grandparents to her. Authorities said they found her body near their home.

Police said DNA tests connected the couple's adult son, Richard Madden, who also lived in the house, with the girl's death, reports CBS Baltimore.

"Although the people who Kami called her grandparents certainly may have been well intended, I'm not sure if anybody really knew who Richard Madden was," Adam Rosenburg of the Baltimore Child Abuse Center told CBS Baltimore.

Experts told the station that in 90 per cent of child sex abuse cases, the victims know the perpetrator.
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