Corsicana, Texas – A 6-year-old girl was found hanged inside her family’s garage and had been sexually assaulted before she died, police said Wednesday.
Authorities have made no arrests or named any suspects since Hannah Mack’s body was discovered by her mother Monday. They are saying little about their investigation.
“I will confirm that the hanging and sexual assault were part of this scenario,” Navarro County sheriff’s Chief Deputy Mike Cox said.
Cox said several people have been interviewed and no one has been ruled out as a suspect.
Neighbors in the rural lakeside community in eastern Texas are frustrated by the silence so far and worry that a predator remains on the loose.
In a letter to the Sheriff’s Department, Navarro County Judge Vicki Gray said an autopsy of the body showed “a multitude of events that together caused the death of this child.” No other details were released.
Dana Mack found her youngest daughter’s body in a garage behind the family’s secluded home in Navarro Mills, about 65 miles south of Dallas.
Police said Dana Mack began searching after she realized Hannah was missing at a time she would have been getting ready for school.
The mother last saw Hannah sleeping on the couch around 1 a.m., according to Jean Langford, the girl’s great-grandmother.
“(Dana) is just devastated. We all are,” Langford said. “This is the worst thing that’s ever happened to this family. Hannah was our pride and joy. She was our little sweetheart.”
