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A Colorado teen charged with kidnapping and killing 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway pleaded guilty Tuesday to all 22 charges against him, against the advice of his attorneys. Austin Sigg, 18, could be sent to prison for the rest of his life for the October 2012 slaying of the girl in Westminster, Colo. Ridgeway was abducted while walking to school, and her disappearance panicked thousands of residents in Denver's western suburbs. Sigg also pleaded guilty Tuesday to a May 2012 attack on a 22-year-old jogger at a lake in Ridgeway's neighborhood. He faces a minimum sentence of 40 years in prison with the possibility of parole afterward when he is sentenced Nov.

As 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway has been missing for five days, her parents Sarah Ridgeway and Jeremiah Bryant speak for the first time, denying any involvement in their daughter's tragic disappearance. Jessica Ridgeway, a 10-year-old girl from Westminster, Colorado, has been missing since Friday, October 5. Her parents, Sarah Ridgeway and Jeremiah Bryant, have broken their silence for the first time, telling the world that they didn't have anything to do with their daughter's disappearance. Sarah, joined by 10 family members, including ex-husband Jeremiah, made a public statement in Fox 31 in Denver, Co. on Tuesday, October 9. "I know I didn't do anything. Everybody that's here knows I didn't do anything," she said, adding, "Nobody in this room did anything to harm her or a tiny hair on her little head." Sarah said that she knew the police had to conduct an investigation before they could eliminate her as a suspect. "I know it's...