He said he and his wife
did not remember seeing the backpack when they left their house at the intersection of Andrew Drive and Alpha Court earlier in the evening --
around 6:45 p.m. -- on Saturday.
The next morning, the man said he noticed the bag was still there and
he and a neighbor checked it out. He said the backpack appeared to have been
placed deliberately in a standing-up position on the sidewalk rather than tossed haphazardly.
"Just like you'd set a bag down," he said.
The bag had a keychain with the name "Jessica" on it, as well as a water bottle bearing her name, he said.
Neither he nor his neighbor recognized the name, so his neighbor simply sent an e-mail to a town listserv shortly after
1 p.m. Sunday with a message bearing the subject line "Children's Back Pack Found." The message read: "Found this morning on the side walk at Andrew Drive and Alpha Court. Water bottle has 'Jessica Ridgeway' name on it. Come and get it."
Someone then replied to the e-mail pointing out the backpack's significance, and, according to police, the e-mailer called 911 to report it.
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