Police: ‘Real Life Monster’ Sex Offender Murdered 10-Year-Old Girl, Little Sister EscapedAmy Furr 10 Jul 2023
A convicted sex offender is accused of kidnapping and strangling a little girl to death in Rockford, Illinois, on Saturday.
Officials charged the Blue Island resident, identified as 44-year-old Antonio Monroe, with first-degree murder, attempted murder, two counts of kidnapping, and aggravated battery in the death of 10-year-old Destiny Huggins, the New York Post reported Monday.
https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1678461123044016128“This is a real life nightmare with a real life monster,” Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara told reporters on Sunday.
The girl and her six-year-old sister were playing outside around noon when Monroe allegedly snatched the two children and fled. However, the younger child managed to escape and ran home to tell her mother what happened.
The woman immediately called the police, and 40 minutes later, a man flagged down officers and told them he found a girl’s body near a home on 9th Avenue.
Authorities performed CPR on Destiny before transporting her to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
“Growing up in this city, I had the ability to stay outside and play until the street lights came on. Unfortunately, that’s not the case anymore due to sick individuals that make their way into the community,” Rockford Police Department Chief Carla Redd stated during a press conference:
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