Posted on 12/07/2011 3:21:58 PM PST by Libloather
Arrest made in murder of Georgia seven-year-old
Last Updated: 2:56 PM, December 7, 2011
CANTON, Ga. -- Police on Wednesday charged a 20-year-old man with the murder of Jorelys Rivera, a young Georgia girl whose body was left in a dumpster after she was abducted and killed.
Ryan Brunn -- a maintenance worker at the Canton, Ga., apartment complex where the seven-year-old girl lived -- was arrested at 12:40pm local time, officials said.
Vernon Keenan, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, said officers had Brunn under surveillance since Tuesday night and by Wednesday had "sufficient evidence" to obtain a warrant for his arrest.
"We are confident that Brunn is the killer and that is why he is in custody," the director said during a press conference.
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