Pa. Girl Found Slain; Man Confesses, Authorities Say

PHILADELPHIA —  A 6-year-old girl who disappeared from a sleepover was found dead in a wooded area behind row houses Thursday evening, police said.

An 18-year-old suspect who was being questioned by police and the FBI confessed to killing Destiny Wright and led investigators to her body, police said. The man wasn’t immediately charged, and police didn’t release his name.

“There is no motive. Nobody could possibly have a motive for killing a 6-year-old girl,” Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said.

Police didn’t release a cause of death.

Destiny was last seen at the home of her father’s girlfriend, where she went to sleep with about five children early Wednesday morning, police said. Her body was found about 1 1/2 miles from the row house.