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Police investigating possible link in Placerville arrest, Calaveras County killing

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    In a Sunday, April 28, 2013 photo, Valley Springs residents Stacey Sims, right, comforts fellow resident Amanda Pekarek, who both knew the 8 year old murder victim Leila Fowler, who was friends with their children, after a press conference outside the Sheriff's substation in Valley Springs on Sunday. Fowler was stabbed to death on Saturday at the home in Valley Springs, Coroner Kevin Raggio said. (AP Photo/The Modesto Bee, Elias Funez) LOCAL TV OUT (KXTV10, KCRA3, KOVR13, FOX40, KMAX31, KQCA58, CENTRAL VALLEY TV); LOCAL PRINT OUT (TURLOCK JOURNAL, CERES COURIER, OAKDALE LEADER, MODESTO VIEW, PATTERSON IRRIGATOR, MANTECA BULLETIN, RIPON, RECROD, SONORA UNION DEMOCRAT, AMADOR LEDGER DISPATCH, ESCALON TIMES, CALAVERAS ENTERPRISE, RIVERBANKS NEWS) LOCAL INTERNET OUT (TURLOCK CITY NEWS.COM, MOTHER LODE.COM) (The Associated Press)

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    In a Sunday April 28, 2013 photo, Calaveras County Sheriff's Department Captain Jim Macedo gives details about the case involving 8-year-old Leila Fowler, who was found dead Saturday evening in Valley Springs. The attacker, only described as wearing a black shirt and blue pants, was the subject of a broad search Sunday by the sheriff's departments of Calaveras and surrounding counties, the California Highway Patrol and the state Department of Justice. (AP Photo/The Modesto Bee, Elias Funez) LOCAL TV OUT (KXTV10, KCRA3, KOVR13, FOX40, KMAX31, KQCA58, CENTRAL VALLEY TV); LOCAL PRINT OUT (TURLOCK JOURNAL, CERES COURIER, OAKDALE LEADER, MODESTO VIEW, PATTERSON IRRIGATOR, MANTECA BULLETIN, RIPON, RECROD, SONORA UNION DEMOCRAT, AMADOR LEDGER DISPATCH, ESCALON TIMES, CALAVERAS ENTERPRISE, RIVERBANKS NEWS) LOCAL INTERNET OUT (TURLOCK CITY NEWS.COM, MOTHER LODE.COM) (The Associated Press)

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    In a Sunday April 28, 2013 photo, a Calaveras County Sheriff's deputy detains a driver on Rippon Rd. in Valley Springs, Calif., where 8-year-old Leila Fowler was found murdered Saturday evening. (AP Photo/The Modesto Bee, Elias Funez) LOCAL TV OUT (KXTV10, KCRA3, KOVR13, FOX40, KMAX31, KQCA58, CENTRAL VALLEY TV); LOCAL PRINT OUT (TURLOCK JOURNAL, CERES COURIER, OAKDALE LEADER, MODESTO VIEW, PATTERSON IRRIGATOR, MANTECA BULLETIN, RIPON, RECROD, SONORA UNION DEMOCRAT, AMADOR LEDGER DISPATCH, ESCALON TIMES, CALAVERAS ENTERPRISE, RIVERBANKS NEWS) LOCAL INTERNET OUT (TURLOCK CITY NEWS.COM, MOTHER LODE.COM) (The Associated Press)

PLACERVILLE, Calif. – Police are trying to determine if there's a link between a man arrested after he allegedly broke into an apartment in Placerville and tried to kidnap a toddler, and the killing of an 8-year-old girl about 45 miles away in Calaveras County.

The Sacramento Bee reports (http://bit.ly/18lVptq ) police arrested 44-year-old Jason Wryrynen after getting a call around 8 a.m. Tuesday that he had entered the apartment and tried to take a 15-month-old girl from her mother.

The newspaper says Wryrynen had tried to take the girl by force, but that the mother was able to wrestle her daughter away and struggled with Wryrynen until police arrived.

Placerville police Capt. Mike Scott says there is "no confirmed nexus to the Calaveras County case" but Placerville officers are in communication with Calaveras County law enforcement officials.

A DNA sample also has been collected from Wryrynen.

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