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Neighbor charged in hanging of girl, 6
An apparent stranger to a 6-year-old found hanged in her family's garage was charged with sexual assault and capital murder, authorities said Friday, freshly jolting a community that had been told the main suspect knew the girl.
Police said Arender lived less than a mile from the Macks' rural home, which is hidden among a web of dirt roads about 65 miles south of Dallas. The girl's family members said Arender did not appear to have had any connection to her.
Family members have said Dana Mack last saw the youngest of her three daughters sleeping on the couch around 1 a.m. She discovered Hanna's body hanging from the garage rafters hours later, when she was supposed to have been getting ready for school. According to the arrest affidavit, the girl died "by asphyxiation by a manner and means unknown." The girl's body was nude from the waist down when police arrived. Among several items reported missing from the home was a pendant necklace that Dana Mack said Hanna always wore.
posted by Amy @ 10:38 PM
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