Cherish Lily Perrywinkle
December 24 2004 - June 21 2013
Age: 8 years old
On June 21, Cherish, her mother and two younger sisters (aged 4 and 5) went to a dollar store at around 11pm. When her mother said that she couldn't afford a dress that Cherish wanted. Donald offered to "Help her out". He said he had a gift card that he could buy the dress with and that he was waiting for his wife to come meet him.
He then heard them say that they were going to head over to Walmart and he offered to drive them there. He then went to the store's McDonald's and talked Cherish into coming with him. Instead of going to McDonald's he took her to his van, that would have have been the last time she was seen alive. While a Amber Alert was issued, Donald was stopped by police. Cherish was no where to be seen.
When police searched a graveyard, which was over four miles away from the Walmart he abducted her from, her body was found.
Cherish was partially-clothed body was in about 6 inches of water of the tidal creek, hidden under a log and weighted down by asphalt chunks.
It is thought that Cherish was bound and then raped in the back of Donald's van before him tying her hands up and taking her to the Church car park, where he killed Cherish.
He was sentenced to life in prison. Donald had only been out of jail three weeks before he murdered Cherish. He had previously been arrested for attempted kidnappings for three different young girls, one of the times he tried to lure a 11 year old girl with pornography magazines. He seemed desperate to rape and kill a girl and that girl was little Cherish.
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