A girl was killed by an intruder in Valley Springs

A nine-year-old girl was killed by an intruder in Valley Springs, Calif., on Saturday. The nine-year-old girl was found with multiple stab wounds in her home after her 12-year-old brother saw the intruder and called his parents. “Their parents weren’t home at the time,” reported the Daily News on April 28, 2013.

The parents of the two children immediately called 911 and the nine-year-old girl was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

The nine-year-old girl’s brother saw the intruder but he did not recognize his sister’s attacker.
According to a Calaveras County Sheriff media release on April 28, 2013, the attacker is described as a white or Hispanic male, about six feet tall with a muscular build. He was wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and blue pants. The suspect is considered to be armed and dangerous.

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Capt. Jim Macedo commented that the search for the suspect is difficult because the nine-year-old girl’s home is in a rural and remote part of northern California, southeast of Sacramento.
While police are using ground and air search crews and doing a house-to-house search and “in some cases were searching attics and storages,” they are asking the public for help in finding the nine-year-old girl’s attacker.

“Investigators would like any information relating to subjects who may have unexplained injuries or who have left town unexpectedly after the crime was reported.”

Valley Springs sits about 60 miles southeast of Sacramento. It is a small town that is home to only about 3,500 people.