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Reports: Kidnap Victim’s Body Found

HaileyPolice have a suspect in custody in the abduction of a 10-year-old girl in southwest Missouri. According to media reports, police have also found the young girl’s body.

Springfield police released a statement just before midnight Wednesday saying dozens of officers were still searching for Hailey Owens, but that a man had been arrested on kidnapping charges. The suspect’s name hasn’t been released. Police say he was found inside a vehicle at a local home.

Widespread media reports Wednesday morning said police had found Hailey’s body. They reportedly notified the girl’s family Wednesday morning.

According to the Greene County Sheriff’s Department, Craig Michael Wood, 45, is currently being held on a first-degree murder charge.

At a news conference early Wednesday, police did not confirm that the body had been found. An update was scheduled for 11 a.m.

Witnesses told investigators a man in a gold-colored 2008 Ford Ranger drove down the street several times before approaching Hailey and pulling her into his truck around 5 p.m. Tuesday.

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