13-year-old girl found dead in Fort Lauderdale

A 13-year-old girl, reported missing by her family three weeks ago, was found dead near a garbage bin in Fort Lauderdale, police said Wednesday.
Police are investigating the death of Neica Marie Gibbs,of Fort Lauderdale, as a homicide.

''This case has been under an active investigation and investigators have remained in close contact with the family,'' said Fort Lauderdale Sgt. Frank Sousa in a statement to the media.

Police are not disclosing the circumstances of the young girl's death.

Gibbs' body was first discovered at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday when police got a call that a body was lying on the ground outside a garbage bin near Southwest 28th Avenue and Sixth Drive.

The body, according to Sousa, had been there ``an extended period of time.''

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Comment by FreshPrince on July 24, 2008 at 1:16am: Damn man thats right in my hood....rest in peace....death to whoever did this!!

Comment by Im His Mrs.Mainstar on July 24, 2008 at 1:24am: God bless her soul u are now in a better place!...................I hope the killa or killers turn their
self in right now!....................she didn't deserve it!

Comment by KuntryBoyVeteran912 on July 24, 2008 at 2:26am: Man that's fucked up. That's just a baby man. God bless her family.

Comment by Boobie on July 24, 2008 at 2:37am: R.I.P. Neica Marie Gibbs

Comment by kimbo on July 24, 2008 at 10:07am: RIP

Comment by Neil Golden on July 24, 2008 at 10:56am: rip

Comment by SPECKSLOC on July 24, 2008 at 11:01am: SO SAD THAT SHE HAVE TO GO THAT WAY BUT TRUST SHE IS IN A BETTER PLACE WIT GOD AND JUSTICE WILL BE DONE TO WHO DID THIS