Jennifer Wadsworth, a former Tracy Press reporter, is a multimedia news editor for AOL's Patch.com in San Ramon, California, where she covers schools, crime, and politics.

The prosecutor who put the killer of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu behind bars for life this week tells The Daily Beast's Jennifer Wadsworth his personal theory on why the Sunday school teacher did it.

A California courtroom heard chilling details of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu’s murder at her killer’s sentencing, but Jennifer Wadsworth—who helped crack the case—says we may never know why Melissa Huckaby did it.

As Craigslist begins monitoring its sex ads, another death shows how securing the Web site won’t be easy—just ask the parents of Donna Jou, whose tutoring ad got her killed.

Months before Sandra Cantu's death, Jennifer Wadsworth—who helped crack the case—reports that police investigated Melissa Huckaby for abducting and drugging a seven-year-old girl.

The reporter who helped crack the Sandra Cantu murder case reveals that alleged killer Melissa Huckaby may have been raped 10 years ago, leading to a downward spiral. Plus, did she act alone? By Jennifer Wadsworth.