WALKER, Minn. (AP) — A 25-year-old man now faces first-degree murder charges in the kidnapping and killing of a 5-year-old girl from central Minnesota.
Watkins, MN (KROC AM News) - The young Minnesota girl who was kidnapped from her home last Saturday and later sexually assaulted and killed was laid to rest Friday.
Walker, MN (KROC AM News) - The charges brought against the Coon Rapids man accused of abducting and killing the young daughter of a friend and coworker indicates 5-year-old Alayna Ertl had been sexually assaulted and strangled before her body was left in a swampy area of Cass County last weekend.