(MCT) — PHILADELPHIA — The family of Autumn Pasquale, the 12-year-old found strangled to death inside a curbside recycling bin in Clayton, N.J., on Tuesday, had tough words for Gloucester County, N.J., prosecutor Sean Dalton on Wednesday.

Paul Spadafora, uncle of the victim’s father, criticized the handling of the massive search undertaken in the days after Autumn went missing. He questioned why an Amber Alert was never issued and accused police of shoddy investigative work in not focusing their search more in Clayton.