What we know so far in the disturbing Hannah Anderson kidnapping case

Details are emerging about the abduction of a 16-year-old girl and the grisly murder of her family

Ethan and Hannah Anderson
(Image credit: REUTERS/San Diego County Sheriff's Department)

On August 4, firefighters and police responded to a fire at a log cabin near San Diego belonging to 40-year-old James Lee DiMaggio.

They soon found a green tarp in the garage. When officers lifted it, they "saw a human body was face down and noticed the tarp was partially melted to the head, and what appeared to be human hair." Next to the woman's body was the body of a burned child, along with a bloody crowbar and a dead dog.

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Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.