http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/19/missing.girl/index.html
HOMOSASSA SPRINGS, Florida (CNN) -- Law enforcement officials told CNN
Saturday that the remains of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford have been found.
Investigators said they found what they believe to be the remains of the
Florida girl's body between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. Saturday.
John Evander Couey -- a 46-year-old convicted sex offender -- confessed to
kidnapping and killing Jessica after a lie-detector test Friday, Citrus
County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy said.
According to police, Couey told them he buried the girl behind his sister's
home.
Jessica has been missing for three weeks from her home in Homosassa,
Florida.
Jessica's distraught father said earlier Saturday that his daughter is "home
now," but made no reference to the discovery of her remains.
"Everyone heard me say time after time that she would be home," said Mark
Lunsford, choking back tears. "Well, she's home now. It's over...She's right
here with me."
Lunsford said he wanted to tell all parents to "make sure you get that hug
and kiss every day before you leave the house."
On Friday, three weeks after Jessica Lunsford disappeared from her home,
authorities said a convicted sex offender who had fled to Georgia confessed
to kidnapping and killing her.
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