Police Find Missing Colorado Girl's Body; Pakistani Teen Activist Fights for Her Life
RANDI KAYE, CNN ANCHOR: From the CNN Center, this is CNN Saturday Morning. It is October 12th. Good morning, everyone. I'm Randi Kaye. The long road home: Space Shuttle Endeavour is on the move, cruising the streets of L.A. towards its final resting place. We'll track it all morning for you. With the second presidential debate just a few days away, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan zero in on the key battleground state of Ohio. In Pakistan, three more suspects are under arrest in connection with the shooting of a teen activist. We begin this hour in Colorado where there is a manhunt right now for the killer of a 10-year-old girl. Police say they have found the body of Jessica Ridgeway. She was reported missing one week ago. Jessica was last seen leaving for school.</s>CHIEF LEE BIRK, WESTMINSTER, COLORADO POLICE DEPARTMENT: With a great deal of sorrow in my heart, I regret to inform you that the body that was found in Arvada has been positively identified as Jessica Ridgeway, the missing girl from Westminster. The family has been notified. We can't begin to comprehend the grief that they're going through.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's hard to imagine why someone would want to do this to such a nice little girl.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This sicko was out here so there's worries with that but we need to find them.</s>KAYE: An FBI spokesperson says they will not rest until Jessica's killer is caught. Meantime, the community will come together for a balloon release later this afternoon to celebrate her life. In Pakistan, three more suspects under arrest in connection with the shooting of a teen activist. Already over 100 people have been detained over this attack. The young girl is now fighting for her life in a hospital shot by the Taliban for speak out for her rights.</s>MALALA YOUSUFZAI, EDUCATION ACTIVIST: I have the right of education. I have the right to play. I have right to sing. I have the right talk, I have the right to go to market. I have the right to speak up.</s>KAYE: An incredibly brave little girl. Our Reza Sayah has the latest on the investigation.</s>REZA SAYAH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Blood stains cover the seats of an old canopied pickup truck. Malala Yousafzai and her classmates rode together to get home from school. This is where Malala was sitting, police say, when gunmen shot her in the head. Kainat Ahmed, Malala's friend was sitting next to her she says when one of the attackers stopped the truck. Another came around the back, Kainat says, gun in hand. "When we saw the gun we started screaming," Kainat says. "He asked who's Malala? I don't think anyone told him, but he recognized Malala and started shooting. Malala fell down, but he kept firing. That's when my friend and I got injured." Kainat is recovering from a bullet wound to the hand. The 14-year-old Malala, who had a high profile blog critical of the Taliban is clinging to life following major surgery. The passenger truck now part of an intense investigation to find the gunman. The Pakistani government, under increasing pressure to solve the case, has given conflicting accounts of the probe. The interior minister says the two gunmen have been identified and arrests are coming soon. The Foreign Minister told CNN 100 people were detained for questioning. A regional police chief says 35 people are in custody for questioning. Three blame Malala's shooting on a man with suspected links to the Taliban. The Taliban have already claimed they plotted the attack. But police say still no hard evidence who pulled the trigger. On Friday, the outpouring of support continued with a message from the Prime Minister.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And we have to unite and stand together.</s>SAYAH: And vigils across the country. Pakistanis young and old praying for Malala, a 14-year-old human rights activist, whose legend grows by the day.</s>TAHIRA ABDULLA, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST: She a little child, gives older people hope and inspiration and sanity and brings us back from depression and dejection.</s>SAYAH (on camera): A top government official says in the coming days doctors will be keeping a close eye on the swelling in Malala's brain, swelling after brain surgery a big concern. Of course, the brain is enclosed in a hard casing. The skull, unlike other parts of the body, the swelling doesn't have anywhere to go, that's why doctors say they're going to keep a close eye on it much of this nation, much of the world keeping a close eye on Malala's health as well. Reza Sayah, CNN, Islamabad.</s>KAYE: Police are investigating a frightening incident at a Obama campaign office in Denver. Authorities say a single shot was fired at the office shattering a window. There were people in the building, but fortunately no one was hit. Police say they don't have a description of the suspect, but they do have a possible vehicle of interest. The Shuttle Endeavour has flown 123 million miles in space, but the last 12 here on earth are proving to be some of the most challenging. Take a look here. These are live pictures of Endeavour. Slowly wheeling its way through streets of Los Angeles to its final home at the California Science Center. These pictures have been captivating all of us, including our John Zarrella, who is somewhere along the route there. John, good morning. This is quite a task, right? I mean, they had some pretty tight clearance in some areas getting this thing around.</s>JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Oh yes, they're not done with those tight clearances yet either -- Randi. And you're right we're about halfway between where it started at LAX the Los Angeles Airport and the California Science Center. So Endeavour sitting here behind us now outside the old forum where the Los Angeles Lakers used to play. They're -- they're a little bit ahead of schedule and I want to bring in Stephanie Stilson, who works for NASA and has been responsible for preparing all of the shuttle orbiters for their retirement. And -- and Stephanie, an amazing sight, but you have to be a little bit concerned when you know the narrow clearances that Randi was just talking about.</s>STEPHANIE STILSON, NASA SHUTTLE PROCESSOR: Absolutely. But the K-Mags (ph) the self-propelled motorized transports that they're using can move very precisely and that was the whole reason they came up this concept of moving it through the streets that way. So they should be able to crab around the trees and things that are going to be in the way along the way. And a lot of planning going into that so -- so things did have to be moved and brought down and so forth, in preparations, light post, street signs those kinds of things. But we're ready to go.</s>ZARRELLA: You know I've been asked numerous times and you're the expert about why didn't they just take the wings off this thing and move it and you know I kind of liken it to Humpty Dumpty if you did it you'll never get him back together again in the right way.</s>STILSON: Exactly, although it looks like an airplane from the outside, remember it's got the thermal protection system on the outside, a blanket tile, so you'd have to tear all that off to even get to the aluminum substructure to pull the wings off. Could you do it? Yes, would it be a great undertaking? And you could never get it to look the way it does now. We want to keep it as quite like it's possible. So taking it apart was not an option.</s>ZARRELLA: And lastly, tremendously exciting for you obviously to see this, the shuttles in their retirement, you know. And to see the outpouring that the people here in Los Angeles are showing for this.</s>STILSON: Absolutely. You know it's not easy for us at NASA to give up one of our vehicles. It's very hard. But to see all the support and the excitement, the enthusiasm being here, it's great. It makes me feel better to actually see that in person. And so I think all the folks back home are going to be very proud that Endeavour is here now back in California. It will be on a great display for everybody to see.</s>ZARRELLA: Thanks Step. And Randi you know right from here, it's going to go to a local area mall, another huge celebration planned there later in the day. And once they finish that, then on the way to the California Science Center. And just a couple of areas where they've got some real close clearances, with the trees, very close within inches of either side of the space shuttle's wings, that 78-foot wingspan that the space shuttle has. But about halfway home now and just sitting here right now because they are ahead of schedule, before they move on which is giving all these folks here a tremendous opportunity to get really up close. And I would say Randi that you know in all my years, I think only people like Stephanie get as close to the shuttles and the astronauts, of course, who fly them and those who work on them as the folks are having an opportunity to get here in Los Angeles. A really, really up close to the space shuttle orbiters -- Randi.</s>KAYE: Yes, and the more time they can spend with it because what it goes about what two miles an hour or so. So they can get a pretty good look.</s>ZARRELLA: Yes, they're really going very, very slowly. Just two -- the top speed is about two miles an hour through these -- through the streets of L.A. But they've gone much slower. And I have to show you this. I have these orbiters -- what does it say Stephanie?</s>STILSON: On display.</s>ZARRELLA: On display. And Stephanie gave me this pin. These are these new shuttle pins. Orbiters on display, pretty, pretty cool.</s>STILSON: Yes.</s>ZARRELLA: I guess I can wear that proudly as a -- as the space correspondent. So I'll get you one.</s>KAYE: All right, John. I appreciate that. I'm going to look for it in the mail.</s>ZARRELLA: Sure.</s>KAYE: I'm going to hold you to it. Thank you very much for that.</s>ZARRELLA: You got it.</s>KAYE: I know -- he is having so much fun out there. I'm kind of jealous. All right, well of course we're going to keep an eye on the shuttle throughout the coming hours. The box by the way on the right side of your screen there, on the bottom there will follow the shuttle's movement throughout L.A. And of course, when there are key moments, we'll go back to the live coverage. And -- so be sure to stay with CNN all day today. We are your source as the shuttle moves to the California science museum. And also, there's a live stream, by the way, on CNN.com/live, so you can follow this thing's every move. Two stories of franchises -- the Yankees and the Cardinals have taken the next step toward the World Series. St. Louis stunned the Washington Nationals at home last night scoring four runs in the top of the ninth to win 9-7. The Cardinals now play San Francisco in the National League Championship Series. And in New York, with their star slugger Alex Rodriguez on the bench, the Yankees beat Baltimore 3-1. New York will play Detroit in the American League championship series, hoping to close that one. It is all about Ohio for Mitt Romney and President Obama. We'll take a look at why the Buckeye State is so important to both candidates.