katie ruffels found ona seven—year—old. katie ruffels found on a field with severe injuries.ospital. her mother described her as a beautiful girl who liked to play in the mud outside. her teenage attacker cannot be named because of her young age. seven—year—old katie rough — an innocent, much—loved schoolgirl, killed by another child, who heard voices in her head. an older girl, who we can't identify for legal reasons, who told a friend she had dreamed of killing someone. it was a school day afternoon and just getting dark, when katie rough was found fatally injured at the end of an alleyway on the edge of a playing field here in york. the seven—year—old died a short time later in hospital. it then emerged that a 15—year—old girl had attacked her with a knife. immediately afterwards, the teenager told a man nearby that katie was dead. he went to find her. she had been smothered and stabbed. katie's parents were quickly told what had happened and dashed to the scene. we found her at the same time as a police officer found her. and i cradled her. and i saw her injuries, i knew