Funeral to be held Monday for slain Georgia girl

From Dania Alexandrino, For CNN

December 12, 2011 

A service was held Saturday in Canton, Georgia, for Jorelys Rivera, 7. She will be buried Tuesday in Puerto Rico

San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN) -- The funeral of a 7-year-old girl abducted and killed near her north Georgia home will be held in Puerto Rico on Monday, her family said.

Jorelys Rivera's funeral will take place in Penuelas, and she will be buried Tuesday, said her father, Ricardo Galarza.

Galarza told CNN last week that he last saw his daughter two years ago when she visited for the summer. She was supposed to have returned for Christmas, Galarza said.

Jorelys disappeared December 2 near a playground at a Canton, Georgia, apartment complex. Searchers found her body in a trash bin three days later.

Authorities have accused 20-year-old Ryan Brunn -- a maintenance worker at the complex -- of killing her.

Jorelys died of blunt force trauma to the head and was stabbed and sexually assaulted, according to authorities.

A date for Brunn's arraignment has not been set. David Cannon Sr., one of Brunn's court-appointed attorneys, has said that his client will plead not guilty.