03-02-2018, 10:26 PM
(08-22-2016, 07:33 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: Minnesota
Another small child abducted by a friend of the family.
I was hoping 5-year-old ^ Alayna Ertl would be found alive with 25-year-old Zachary T. Anderson.
An amber alert was issued after her mother discovered Alayna, Anderson, and Alayna's dad's truck missing from the family home when she woke up at 8 a.m Saturday morning. Anderson worked with Alayna's dad Matt Ertl and had stayed over on Friday night, as he had occasionally in the past.
The truck taken by Anderson ^ contained Matt Erl's cell phone, which pinged in Todd County at about 9 a.m. Saturday morning and police searched the area.
Eight hours later, about 4:20 p.m. on Saturday, authorities found the missing truck, but no one was inside it, or in a cabin on the property.
Using canine helpers, authorities tracked Anderson to a wooded area a quarter mile from the cabin.
Anderson, unarmed, did not flee or resist arrest. He provided information that led to police to Alayna’s body. She was in a swampy area a few hundred yards from the cabin.
Anderson has no criminal record. He was arrested on homicide charges and no motive or details have yet been provided.
RIP Alayna Ertl.
UPDATE
POS Zachary Anderson pleaded guilty to Alayna's kidnapping, rape and murder today. Evidence showed that she was sexually assaulted before she was strangled, bashed in the head, and dumped in a swamp. :(
He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...d-girl.htm