Sergeant Michael has seen it all, but
on a blistering hot Sunday afternoon,
the last thing he expected to find in
this dumpster was an eight year old girl.
So I start looking out, looking a little
bit more. And as I look in between
the concrete blocks, I see a small hand
and a small foot.
She was dumped headfirst into this yellow
recycling bin.
Rocks like this one piled on top of
her small body.
He feared the worst.
He could only make out a tiny hand and
foot, and neither were moving.
But when Matthews approached the
dumpster, he saw something he will
remember the rest of his life.
When I first looked down and I saw her
finger move, we jumped in inside
the actual dumpster and we immediately
started removing the stones from her.
She was very weak, but she was conscious
and she was alive.
That's what we were looking for.
17 year old Milagro Cunningham
has been charged with a crime.
Police say he led them on a wild goose
chase with a shaky story that two
men had kidnaped the girl.