Manchester. 12yr old girl stabbed to death.

[Marv]

http://www.ellesmereportpioneer.co.u...5940-26170946/

A 12-year-old girl has been stabbed to death at a house in Manchester, police said.

The victim was found with stab wounds after police were called to a house in Dalmain Close in the Cheetham Hill area of the city around 3.45pm on Saturday.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody for questioning, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.

A post mortem examination has not yet taken place and the girl has not yet been formally identified.

[Marv]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/8602647.stm

A 12-year-old girl found dead at a house in Manchester had been strangled and stabbed, police have said.

Tia Rigg was discovered by officers in a property at Dalmain Close, in the Cheetham Hill area, on Saturday with "multiple, significant injuries".
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She said: "Tia was a happy, normal, healthy 12-year-old girl, she had friends, socialised normally. She was in the flush of youth, it's just an absolute tragedy.

"All murders are terrible but when it's a 12-year-old girl it's just horrendous."

The victim has three younger brothers and sisters.
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Greater Manchester Police have not said whether the arrested man is related to Tia.

[Marv]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...bed-death.html

A girl of 12 was allegedly stabbed to death by her uncle, it emerged today.

Tia Rigg's blood-soaked body was discovered in an upstairs bedroom at the home of John Maden, in Cheetham Hill, Manchester.

Football loving Tia had gone to her uncle's house alone yesterday afternoon to watch Manchester United's premiership clash with Chelsea.

But after her team's 2-1 defeat, Maden - the brother of Tia's mother allegedly killed the freckle-faced youngster.

Police today confirmed that she had injuries consistent with strangulation, as well as serious knife wounds to the neck and chest.

It is thought Maden himself dialled 999.

Police and family members raced to the end-of-terrace property at 3.45pm, but Tia was pronounced dead at the scene.

Neighbours reported seeing Tia's mother, Lynn Rigg, 35, sobbing hysterically and crying 'why, why, why' outside the property after the grim discovery was made.

Tia's grandmother and aunt also who ran into the house but staggered out in floods of tears. One was seen being physically sick outside.

Detectives arrested Maden shortly afterwards. He was still being questioned tonight.
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'Tia had dark hair and the cutest little freckles on her cheeks. She loved football. In all the years I have known Tia and Lynn, they have never been round to (Maden's) house.

'It makes no sense - I just don't know what she was doing there. I can't believe this has happened.'

Spectacle-wearing Maden has a nine year-old daughter.
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Another resident John Fisher, 42, added: "Tia was smashing. This is a rough estate, and not the sort of place to raise a child to be honest. There are always police round here and lots of drugs. It makes people crazy'.

Mrs Peers said Mrs Rigg was a recovering drug addict who had tried to commit suicide in the past, but had apparently beaten her drug problems and straightened her life out.

Police confirmed Tia was known to council agencies but not for anything 'significant.'
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The property is just 400 yards from the tragic home of Jael Mullings, 21, who stabbed her sons Romario, two, and three month-old Delayno, to death in November 2008

[Nell]

Her uncle? I wonder if he was molesting her.

[evervigilant]

First thing I thought too.

[Marv]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-missing.html

The mother of murdered schoolgirl Tia Rigg has gone missing from her home, amid fears for her safety.

Tia Rigg, 12, was found dead at her uncle's house last weekend after being strangled and stabbed.

Her mother's brother, John Maden, 37, has been charged with her murder.

Police are now extremely concerned for the welfare of Tia's mother, Lynne Ahmed, 34, who was reported missing from her home in Salford, Greater Manchester, last night. It is believed that officers may be looking into whether she left a note before leaving.

Lynne was said to have been devastated by the death of her young daughter and appeared to be very emotional as she attended Manchester Crown Court yesterday for Maden's preliminary hearing.

[Whisper]

Funeral held for girl found dead at uncle's house
The funeral of schoolgirl Tia Rigg who was stabbed and strangled to death will take place later today.
The 12-year-old was found dead at her uncle's house in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, earlier this month.
Today's funeral service will also honour the girl's bubbly personality, her family said.
All men attending have been asked to wear ties in her favourite colour, pink, and 12 pink balloons will be released at her graveside.
Her mother Lynne Rigg said: "She was my baby, she was my best friend and she was everything to me. She loved spending time with her brothers and sisters."
Tia's aunt, Susan Maden, said: "The whole family is obviously devastated and it is a terrible time for all the family and friends of Tia.
"She was our beautiful princess.
"She was such a bright, bubbly, very thoughtful girl who was kind and helpful.
"Tia would help anyone out and loved animals and children.
"I'd describe her as a girly girl, she loved clothes, make-up and music.
"She was a poular girl who liked sports like swimming, trampolining and netball.
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Her uncle, John Maden, 37, is charged with her murder at his house on Dalmain Close, Cheetham Hill on April 3.
He is in custody and due to go on trial later this year.
Tia's funeral service will begin at 11am at St James' Church, Great Cheetham Street East, Manchester.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...e-1954498.html

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A pervert obsessed with violent child porn and "snuff" videos today admitted the torture, rape and murder of his 12-year-old niece.

Unemployed John Maden, 38, lured Tia Rigg to his home on the pretext of babysitting, but he drugged her and acted out his sick fantasies on the unsuspecting youngster, inflicting a horrific catalogue of sexual injuries before stabbing her and strangling her with a guitar wire.

Maden, the brother of Tia's mother, Lynne Rigg, was due to go on trial at Manchester Crown Court for murder today but pleaded guilty instead.
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Maden had become obsessed with violent porn he downloaded from the internet, the court heard.

Members of Tia's family sat in the public gallery, yards from Maden in the dock as Gordon Cole QC, prosecuting, opened the case.
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"In the year or so prior to April this year, the defendant had developed what can properly be described as an obsessive interest in images and literature relating to paedophilia, rape and torture.

"He had an extensive library of such materials which included literature dealing with methods of killing."

On a laptop used by Maden, police found hundreds of extreme images of child porn featuring bondage, rape, sado-masochism and violent sex acts.

A CD-rom belonging to Maden also contained images depicting abduction, rape and "snuff" movies.

From his mobile phone, police recovered folders of rape and torture entitled "snuff" and "snuff stories" and "brutal rape".

Text files showed stories taken from a 'handbook' relating to snuff movies.

Mr Cole continued: "This material and the subsequent discovery of Tia reveals that this defendant was acting out a long-held fascination with rape, torture and abuse of children.

"He re-enacted scenes from his collection of pornographic material."
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Tia arrived at the defendant's house just before 3pm, with Maden then free to act out his "sexual fantasy" to kill her, the court heard.

Just 45 minutes later, Maden called police, with two officers arriving at the address two minutes later. He directed them upstairs.

In a spare bedroom, Tia was found lying face up on the floor, naked apart from a pair of socks, and clearly dead.

Near her body were two knives stained with Tia's blood.

There was a ligature around her neck and her hands were tied behind her back with shoelaces.

A post-mortem examination revealed that Tia had been stabbed in the abdomen and suffered severe injuries, some of which had been inflicted while she was still alive.

Her injuries led to severe blood loss but the "predominant" cause of death was ligature strangulation.

Toxicology tests revealed an anti-psychotic drug, Olanzapine, prescribed to the defendant, was present in her blood, which would have had a sedative effect.

Maden was arrested and later told police he heard "voices - one good voice and one bad voice - in his head" but admitted the rape and murder of his niece.

"He said the voice, the bad voice, had been controlling him and telling him what to do," Mr Cole added.
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Maden, dressed in a black shirt, paisley tie and green jacket and carrying an A4 folder, sat impassively in the dock as details of the injuries he inflicted on his niece were read out in court.
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Maden faces a mandatory life term for murder when he is sentenced later today.

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereven...niece_tia_rigg

[FknKraze]

This is a transcript of the 911 call, he made after he killed her

A "chilling" telephone call to police from John Maden admitting to the murder was detailed in court.

Moments after the torture, rape and murder of his niece the defendant dialled 999 to call officers to the house.

Pervert uncle admits he killed 12-year-old niece Tia Rigg

The following transcript of the call between Maden and the emergency services call operator was read out:

Maden: "Hi, I would like to report a murder."

He was asked where it happened.

Maden: "8 Dalmain Close."

He was asked for the area.

"That's Cheetham Hill."

He was then asked for his name and replied: "John Nigel Maden."

Operator: "Well what's happened there?"

Maden: "My niece has been murdered by me."

Operator: "When has this happened?"

Maden: "I have just finished killing her now."

Operator: "Why have you done that?"

Maden: "Because I felt like it."

He was then asked her name and replied: "Tia Rigg" and wrongly gives her age as 11.

The call was then terminated but then re-connected, with the operator asking for more details.

Maden: "I am quite sure the officers that come to the house will be able to take all the details you need."

Operator: "How's it happened?"

Maden: "I have used...with a knife and strangulation and that's it, bye."

Officers arrived two minutes after the call was made and Maden was arrested.

Pervert uncle admits he killed 12-year-old niece Tia Rigg

Poor girl, she had no idea what she was walking into

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Here's a picture of him in case anyone needs a new dart target.

Justice Brian Keith, who sentenced Maden to life in prison on Tuesday, called the crime "horrific" and "premeditated."

"It is inescapable that Tia Rigg died because you decided to realize your fantasies about torturing and killing a young child," Keith said. "The fact that you chose your 12-year-old niece who had put her trust in you made what you did all the more unspeakable."

Maden will not be eligible for parole.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...12.html?r=news

[Marv]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ster-born.html

A drug addict mother whose 12-year-old daughter was murdered in a savage sex killing by her uncle is planning to sue social workers at taxpayers' expense - for failing to protect the youngster from her.

Lynn Rigg, 34, has a long history of crack cocaine and heroin addiction, served two jail terms and regularly left her children home alone.

Yet the mother-of-seven - whose children were born to four different fathers - says social workers were to blame over the lack of care for daughter Tia Rigg and she has hired personal injury lawyers to help her win damages.

Tia had been on the Child Protection Register before she was even born.
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The report said 'over optimistic and unrealistic' social workers failed to help the schoolgirl seven times and showed Tia had been allowed to live with her mother despite her troubled life and repeated suicide attempts in front of her family.

She was initially placed in a category which said she was 'likely to suffer physical abuse' after fears over her squalid and chaotic family life at home in Salford, Greater Manchester.

But she was taken off the register when officials considered Miss Rigg could care for her.
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The report, by the Salford Safeguarding Children's Board, said social workers missed seven chances to help Tia, known as Child H, by intervening over the behaviour of her mother - known as Adult A.

However, it said her death could ultimately not have been 'predicted or prevented' because there had been no prior evidence that Maden posed a threat to her.
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It went on: 'During 2008 and 2009 there were numerous concerns about the children and a series of incidents relating to the children being left at home alone, increased levels of violence in the community, out of control drug use and increased examples of disturbed behaviour at school by Child H.

'These incidents were dealt with largely as single incidents and not as an accumulating picture of the growing chaos within the family.

'Thresholds for robust child protection interventions were too high and decision-making about levels of risk was poor.

'An ongoing feature of this case has been the illicit use of drugs and the impact of that on parenting and family functioning.'
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Miss Rigg's three oldest children were placed with extended family members from a young age as she was unable to care for them. The report said Miss Rigg had a long criminal record for assault, robbery and drug taking.

Tia herself had been placed on the Child Protection Register in 1997 before she was born after concerns about her parents drug taking.

In 1998 she was placed under the category of 'likelihood of emotional abuse' which was upgraded to 'likely to suffer neglect' and in May 1999 to 'likely to suffer physical abuse'.
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The children would witness violent rows between Miss Rigg and her boyfriend and she attempted suicide three times in front of them.

The youngsters including Tia were placed in the care of other relations but in 2008 Tia was returned to the family home after a row with her maternal aunt.

A parenting assessment of Miss Rigg failed because she refused to co-operate and in May 2009 yet another Child Protection Review Conference was given inaccurate information about her progress and said that child protection plans would be discontinued.

The report said there had been growing concerns about Tia's 'disturbed and often aggressive' behaviour at school after she witnessed serious incidents of violence at home.

It added: 'Although there was a significant amount of historical information known about Adult A, that information was never adequately analysed and used appropriately to help gain an accurate understanding of the level of risk to the children.
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'However, even if this child had been removed from her home, she would not have been prevented from having contact with her family as there was no indication she was at risk from her uncle and therefore no reason to stop her having access to him and other members of the extended family.

'Removing her from her home would therefore not have prevented her death.'