Police find body of Destiny Norton (5 year old in Utah) [View All]

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Eight days after 5-year-old Destiny Norton disappeared from her front yard, police discovered her body Monday night in the basement of the man who lives next door.

Craig Roger Gregerson was arrested and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on suspicion of homicide.

After Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank made the announcement, a crowd of about 100 gathered in Destiny's neighborhood to question how the search for the 5-year-old girl could have gone so wrong, and how investigators could have missed something so close at hand. Some shouted profanity at police and reporters and wept and hugged each other.

"They told us they searched these buildings four f------ times," said Norton family spokeswoman Jeannie Hill said of police. "They did not do their jobs." The discovery capped a day of hope for Rachel and Rachael Norton, Destiny's parents. Earlier Monday, police and the FBI said they were investigating a possible sighting of Destiny at a Smith's Conoco in Farmington.

Investigators also released a composite sketch of a man reported as driving a black Dodge pickup with a girl matching Destiny's description inside.

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