Suspect in jail a decade after child's death
| Published: | Aug 28, 2010 11:52 PM EDT |
| Updated: | Aug 28, 2010 8:53 PM EDT |
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - A decade after 4-year old Pilar Rodriguez first went missing during a vacation to Punta Gorda, Charlotte County investigators finally have someone behind bars.
Melissa Harding-Jones, Pilar's babysitter at the time, was booked at the Charlotte County jail around midnight on charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child.
Harding-Jones was extradited from Washington state to face the charges.
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