Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Samantha Runyon (1996-2002) was kidnapped, sexually abused and killed by a man who allegedly lured her from her front yard by telling her he had lost his dog. Her body was found the following day by a couple who were jogging. That same day, police apprehended a suspect. A man named Alejandro Avila was arrested for the crime. As of early December 2003 his trial was on-going. Samantha, a resident of Orange County, California, was about to turn six when she died. See also: Polly Klaas, Megan Kanka, Laura Kate Smither This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.