Overview
- Piedmont police said a juvenile suspect was arrested and charged with murder after officers, responding to a missing-child call Friday night, found 10-year-old Katheryn Bigbee dead inside a Calhoun County home.
- Investigators have not said whose residence it was or how the girl died, calling the case active and limiting details because minors are involved.
- Calhoun County Coroner Pat Brown said he cannot yet release a cause of death pending further procedures.
- Piedmont Elementary remembered Bigbee as a joyful student who loved reading, and relatives shared messages of grief, saying the family has more questions than answers.
- In Alabama, officials commonly withhold a juvenile suspect’s name and ties to a victim to protect privacy and the investigation, so more specifics may not surface until court records appear.