Cherish Perrywinkle 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle was discovered dead near a northside church nearly 12 hours after she was abducted from a Walmart.
Memorial for Cherish Perrywinkle A growing memorial of balloons, flowers, and messages outside the Highlands Baptist Church in north Jacksonville. (Action News)
Cherish Perrywinkle family at memorial Cherish's mother, Rayne, and her two daughters and her fiance are with mourners at Highlands Baptist Church Sunday. (Amanda Warford)
Cherish Perriwinkle An amber was issued on Saturday, June 22nd for 8-year-old girl Cherish Perriwinkle, reportedly taken from a Lem Turner road Walmart store by a suspected sex offender, Donald James Smith. (Jacksonville Sherrif's Office)
Amber Alert: Cherish Perriwinkle The car in this photo is now a "car of interest" by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. If you have any information about this vehicle, call JSO at 904-630-0500 or email JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org.
Amber Alert: Cherish Perriwinkle The car in this photo is now a "car of interest" by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. If you have any information about this vehicle, call JSO at 904-630-0500 or email JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org.
Cherish Perriwinkle The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has found the 1998 white Dodge driven by Donald James Smith in a traffic stop Saturday morning. (Jacksonville Sherrif's Office)
Cherish Perriwinkle A security photo of Donald James Smith who was apprehended by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Saturday morning. (Jacksonville Sherrif's Office)
Cherish Perriwinkle Donald James Smith was apprehended by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Saturday morning and is being questioned in his connection to the kidnapping of Cherish Perriwinkle. (Jacksonville Sherrif's Office)