Alabama authorities charge man in death of 11-year-old girl
A man has been arrested in connection with the death of 11-year-old Amberly Barnett, the sheriff of DeKalb County, Alabama, said Monday at a news conference. The girl’s body was found Saturday.
Christopher Wayne Madison, 33, was charged with capital murder, Sheriff Nick Welden told reporters. He is being held in jail without bond.
The girl’s body was found in the woods about 200 yards from the suspect’s home, Welden said. The cause of death was strangulation, he said.
Amberly was last seen Friday around 6 p.m. in the Mount Vernon community in northeast Alabama, and searchers found her body about 6:30 a.m. the next day, the sheriff’s office said.
Barnett had been at her aunt’s house, Amberly’s mother, Jonie L. Barnett, said on Facebook. The aunt was grocery shopping when the girl went missing, Barnett said.
