User:Sirdog/ArticleDev/Murder of Alayna Ertl


 * August 20, 2016 | March 8, 2018
 * All events took place on Saturday, August 20, 2016.
 * 5-year-old girl
 * CoD labeled "homicidal violence"
 * No details on when / how she died
 * Found in a "swampy wooded area" in Cass County
 * Suspect was Zachary Todd Anderson, 25, of Coon Rapids
 * Zachary arrested for probable cause to commit murder and kidnapping
 * Zachary found near a cabin owned by Alayna's family
 * Zachary located at 4:24pm a quarter mile away from 4926 Iroquois Trail Loop SW.
 * Zachary did not attempt to flee, have a weapon, or resist arrest
 * Zachary provided information leading to Alayna's body which was a few hundred yards away from the cabin
 * Alayna was pronounced dead on-scene
 * Alayna was last seen by her parents at 2am, discovered missing by parents at 8am along with Zachary (who had stayed the night), Amber Alert issued at 1:12pm.
 * Investigators could not determine a motive
 * Zachary had no record of being a sexual offender
 * GoFundMe setup for family with a goal of $15,000; raised $14.972 within 15 hours


 * August 21, 2016
 * Found dead 90 minutes from home
 * Ertl was missing for 9 hours
 * Zachary took Ertl's father's pickup truck
 * Zachary found at 4:20pm
 * Zachary had petty traffic violations