Shortly after police released a photo of a cross necklace on Oct. 19, prosecutors said authorities received a tip from a neighbor of Sigg’s, who said she believed the cross belonged to the then-17-year-old.
She said she was worried about Sigg because he was “obsessed with death and decaying human and animal bodies,” and had dropped out of school.
On Oct. 23, shortly after Sigg asked a friend at Arapahoe Community College about the signs of a panic attack, prosecutors say Sigg’s mother, Mindy Sigg, called police and said her son admitted he had killed Ridgeway and attacked the jogger.
She also said there were human remains in her house, and asked officers to arrest her son immediately.
This public viewing of Sigg’s preliminary hearing was made possible by a Thursday ruling, when the Colorado Supreme Court overturned a district court judge’s decision to close the court proceeding.
Despite appeals from his defense team, Sigg entered the hearing recognized as an adult. He was also facing three new charges as of Friday morning, according to the Jefferson County district attorney – all of them dealing with child
.
