Autumn Pasquel

10-23-12 Update: Gloucester County officials arrested two teenage brothers in connection with the death of 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale.

County prosecutor Sean Dalton said at a press conference Tuesday that Autumn, who was was last seen Saturday on her bicycle, was lured into the home of the 15- and 17-year-old brothers to obtain parts for her BMX bike. The crime was allegedly committed in that house.

Dalton said the boys’ mother contacted police about posts she saw on her son’s Facebook page.

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Update 10-22-12: CLAYTON, N.J. –  The body of a female was found in a recycling containing in Clayton and preliminarily identified as that of a 12-year-old southern New Jersey girl missing since the weekend, officials said early Tuesday.

Bernie Weisenfeld, spokesman for the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, said in a statement that the body was found 10 p.m. Monday by investigators with the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office. Officials did not say exactly where the body was found.

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Authorities say a $10,000 reward is being offered for anyone who can help find a 12-year-old girl missing from southern New Jersey.

Autumn Pasquale, who will turn 13 next week, was last seen at 12:30 p.m. Saturday and authorities said at a news conference on Monday that she was last heard from in a text message from her phone about two hours later.

Authorities say she was seen riding her bike away from her home in Clayton and was expected back that evening.

Paul Spadafora, the girl’s uncle, told the South Jersey Times that Autumn seldom misses her curfew and she normally touches base with her family if she is going to be late.

About 200 law enforcement personnel and hundreds more volunteers have joined the search.

The South Jersey Times reported that 400 people helped search areas where the girl was last seen including the Scotland Run Park and a bike trail near Clayton.

Investigators have interviewed all the registered sex offenders living in the area and are searching the areas near their homes.

Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton says there are no persons of interest.

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One Response to “$10,000 Missing Child Reward – UPDATE!”
  1. DW says:

    Autumn’s body was found around 10 p.m. Monday in the bin just blocks from her house and from Borough Hall, where thousands of people gathered earlier in the evening for a tearful candlelight vigil to pray for her safe return.

    “The search for Autumn is over,” Dalton said Tuesday. He called Clayton a safe community but said parents should continue to keep close watch on their children

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