Arrest in connection with murder of 7-year-old girl

SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. (AP) – The latest developments in the death of a 7-year-old girl whose body was found in a creek shortly after she went missing from a football game (all times local):

4:45 p.m.

The arrest warrant for a Kentucky man charged with killing a 7-year-old girl says the child was strangled and drowned.
Gabriella Doolin went missing from a football game at Allen County-Scottsville High School on Saturday night. Her body was found about 25 minutes later in a creek in a wooded area behind the school.

Kentucky State Police on Friday arrested 38-year-old Timothy Madden of Scottsville and charged him with murder, kidnapping, first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy. He was being held in jail on $1 million bond.

Asked by a reporter as he was taken from the state police post to be booked if he had any comment, Madden replied, “I’m innocent.”
The police citation in the case said Madden’s DNA was collected during the investigation and matched that recovered from the child during the autopsy.
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2:30 p.m.

Kentucky State Police say a 38-year-old man arrested in the death of a 7-year-old girl has been charged with murder, kidnapping, first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy.

Trooper B.J. Eaton said at a news conference on Friday that Timothy Madden of Scottsville was being processed into jail after his arrest earlier in the day. Madden is charged in the death of Gabriella Doolin.

Madden, in handcuffs and wearing a blue “Kentucky” pullover, was taken from the state police post in Bowling Green to a squad car just before the news conference began. A reporter asked if he had anything to say, and Madden replied, “I’m innocent.”

The child was reported missing Saturday night by her mother while they were at a football game at Allen County-Scottsville High School in south-central Kentucky. Her body was found about 25 minutes later in a creek in a wooded area behind the school.

Police would release no other details and said the investigation was ongoing.

12:15 p.m.

Kentucky State Police say they have made an arrest in the death of a 7-year-old girl whose body was found in a creek during a football game.

Trooper B.J. Eaton said Friday in a release that 38-year-old Timothy Madden of Scottsville was taken into custody in the case.

No further information was immediately released.

Gabriella Doolin was reported missing Saturday night by her mother while they were at a football game at Allen County-Scottsville High School in south-central Kentucky.

A search began immediately, and Gabriella’s body was found about 25 minutes later in a creek in a wooded area behind the high school.