8 Year Old Madyson “Maddy” Middleton Missing Since 7/26/15 in Santa Cruz, CA (Update: Found Dead in Dumpster)(Update: 15 Year Old Boy Arrested)

8 year old Madyson “Maddy” Middleton has been missing since Sunday, July 26, 2015 in Santa Cruz, California.  Maddy was last seen on video surveillance at the Tannery Arts Center at 1030 River St. at 5:05 p.m. Sunday. She has not been seen since. Police are asking for the public’s help to find the missing girl.

Madyson Middleton was last seen at Sunday afternoon playing outside the Tannery Arts Center at 1030 River St.

Police spokeswoman Joyce Blaschke says video surveillance at the complex showed Madyson there at 5:05 p.m. She hasn’t been seen since.

Middleton is 4 feet tall and 48 pounds and goes by Maddy, a dispatcher said.

Maddy has blue eyes and was wearing a purple knee high dress with black leggings and a helmet, the dispatcher said. She had her hair pulled back to the side in a braid and was on a white foot-propelled scooter, the dispatcher said.

Madyson Middleton was last seen at Sunday afternoon playing outside the Tannery Arts Center at 1030 River St.

Police spokeswoman Joyce Blaschke says video surveillance at the complex showed Madyson there at 5:05 p.m. She hasn’t been seen since.

Middleton is 4 feet tall and 48 pounds and goes by Maddy, a dispatcher said.

Maddy has blue eyes and was wearing a purple knee high dress with black leggings and a helmet, the dispatcher said. She had her hair pulled back to the side in a braid and was on a white foot-propelled scooter, the dispatcher said.

UPDATE I: Body likely that of missing 8 year old Madyson Middleton found in dumpster.

Just heartbreaking. According to Santa Cruz Police Chief Kevin Vogel, the body was found around 7:55 p.m. in a dumpster behind the Tannery Arts Center at 1030 River St.

The search for a missing 8-year-old girl came to a tragic end after police found a body inside a dumpster at a complex in Northern California where she was last seen riding her scooter. A teenage boy, who also lives in the complex, was arrested in the case.

Santa Cruz Police Chief Kevin Vogel said the body found by a detective Monday night at a Santa Cruz artist community and housing center is likely that of Madyson Middleton.

“We haven’t positively identified her yet but we believe she is probably Madyson Middleton,” Vogel said.

UPDATE II: 15 Year Old Suspect Arrested and being Questioned.

The 15-year-old suspect was arrested, and was being questioned by police.

Police say the teen lived in the complex, and was present at approximately the same time as the body was discovered, Vogel said, but the sole suspect’s relationship to the victim is not currently known.

When reporters asked if the clothing on the victim matched the clothing Madyson was wearing when last seen Sunday evening, Vogel stated that it’s too soon to be certain.