Classmates: Ridgeway suspect fascinated by crime-scene forensics
The teenager who police say killed 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway was described by a former classmate as nice and helpful, by another as creepy.
But those who know him universally describe Austin Reed Sigg, 17, as very smart, and very interested in the science of crime-scene investigation and the mechanics of death.
Jacqueline Miller, who shared a Psychology 101 class with Sigg at Arapahoe Community College, remembered that when the semester began in August, the instructor asked students about their majors. Sigg, she recalled, announced that his major was mortuary science.
Standley Lake High School seniors look through a school yearbook on Wednesday. They located the junior-class portrait of Austin Sigg, who was arrested on suspicion of murdering 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway. (Karl Gehring, The Denver Post) Photo by