
Jorelys, who’d just turned 7 on Aug. 20th, disappeared when she took a break from playing at the apartment complex on River Ridge Drive. She reportedly told other children at the playground that she was going inside to get drinks, but never returned.
At the time of her disappearance, Jorelys mother was inside while the child played outside, but a teenager was supposed to have been watching her.
Early in the case it had been revealed that the girl’s two younger siblings had been taken from their mother and placed in protective custody because of a lack of supervision, casting suspicion upon the mother in the disappearance.
Canton police launched a search for the girl late Friday evening, knocking on doors in the neighborhood and even interviewed registered sex offenders.
Police had been searching the apartment complex throughout the weekend, when the little girl’s lifeless body was discovered on Monday in a trash bin near the apartment where she lived.
Jorelys died of blunt force trauma to the head and stab wounds, the GBI said Tuesday. She had also been sexually assaulted.
Now… just two days after the gruesome discovery an arrest was made in the case.
Details…

A 20 year old maintenance worker has been arrested and charged with the murder of the 7 year old girl.
According to the AJC:
GBI Director Vernon Keenan identified the man as Ryan Brunn, who was taken into custody around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. The suspect has been assigned two public defenders and has a first court appearance Thursday.
Keenan said Brunn lived at the River Ridge apartment complex where Jorelys lived and was killed, and had been a maintenance worker there. Tips from the public led investigators to Brunn, Keenan said.
Calling the killing “planned and calculated,” Keenan declined to discuss evidence leading to the arrest. But said the investigation is not over. “This is a mammoth case.”
Brunn, who has no known criminal record, had been under police surveillance since Tuesday evening, Keenan said. He had been employed at the complex since Nov. 7, John Bankhead, GBI spokesman, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Investigators will now re-trace Brunn’s history at previous addresses and in another state, Keenan said.
Keenan said Brunn had been charged in the killing, and additional charges may be filed by the Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office.
“We are confidant that Brunn is the killer, that’s why he’s in custody,” Keenan said when asked if there are any other suspects.
Investigators said they believe Brunn abducted Jorelys within the vicinity of the playground, where she was last seen around 5 p.m. Friday. From there, Brunn allegedly took the girl to a vacant unit at the apartment complex, where it is believed he sexually assaulted her, beat and stabbed her, police said.
Brunn allegedly then put the girl’s body into a trash bin at the complex, which was later compacted. The body was discovered Monday. Because of his employment at the complex, Brunn had access to the compactor on the trash bin, Keenan said. (source)
Major props to the Canton authorities and the GBI for getting this monster off the street so quickly.
R.I.P. Jorelys Rivera



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THAT SICK FOOL NEED TO BE PUNISH CAUSE AIN’T NO WAY THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPEN TO THAT CHILD WHAT WAS HE THINKING WHAT IS HIS MOTIVE
wt in the world is goin on ppl hurtin children sick bastards
what did he do to her?
i knew it was some sick bastard that was watching her to see when they could attack… i just hope that they got the right person and I dont understand why in the hell could you not check the maintenance person out before you hire them if he is the one that actually did that. But its a lot of pedophiles around and they lurk and be watching the children. My other problem with this story is why would her parents and grandparents allow her to play at a play ground by herself in a public area like that.. this is 2011 you know is sick people out here that is my only issue with them… why would you not be out there supervising …still unfortunate though…smh
Straight to the Hell Fire
WTF IS WRONG WITH MUCKING PEOPLE
NOW FRY HIM!!!!
praise GOD….he was caught
NO! He need to be killed! Cut his d*ck off then stab and beat him!!!
That poor baby. Ugh… I hate that shit, and her mother. Stupid bitch…
Poor mother,I can’t imagine what’s she is going through!Trying to work a night shift as a single parent taking care of her kids!She was taking a nap and allowed a teenager she knew to take her child Jorely to a playground.When the teenager went back to the apartment to get a drink,the bastard snatched her!Can’t blame this woman for trying to rest and allow her kid to play outside while supervised by someone she knew.She worked @ a chicken processing plant on the midnight shift!I wouldn’t dare judge her!She is going through a lot!RIP lil Ms.Rivera.
I blame both this evil bastard and the child’s mother. I blame the mother because if she had gotten off her lazy ass and watched her child then maybe this demon would not have gotten her. The story says the woman’s other children got taken away from her due to lack of supervision.
There should be death penalty for people who do this. If children aren’t safe then who is?
This is too sad! Such a damn shame that he hurt that child. I hope the men at the County Jail are lined up waiting for his ass to get in the room. There is a special place in hell for people who harm children.
This is a horrific crime, but I would never blame the mother for letting the child do something that is natural to let them do at this age which is go outside and play with friends in a general area where she is within sight. You can’t even blame the teen assigned to keep an eye out, it is also "NOT" they’re fault, because it was when the child separated herself from the group to go inside for a break that the sadistic killer struck. If it had not been her,it would have been another child, because he already had it in his mind to do this horrible deed. One thing is for certain and that is these are the last days we are living in and you cannot look in the face of a person and know what they are thinking or what’s in their heart and these are very SCARY times demanding awareness! I never understand when people say let the prisoners get him,torture him and rape him. Of course he should be punished even put to death depending on who you ask, but that is the same Animalistic behavior that this man perpetrated on his victim and those are some of the same people released/paroled back into society on us who re-offend. So homosexuality and rape is not the answer, but will certainly cause even more problems. This crime was so disturbing that I bet CASH money he was already a victim of sexual abuse as a young boy. I pray that Jehovah will keep this innocent victim and all others who die violent deaths in his EVER loving memory for the resurrection of everlasting life. She was a beautiful child and I wish her mother peace and comfort at this most trying time.
What A sick World we live in to Harm a innocent child ! God rest her soul
Blaming the mother won’t bring this beautiful little girl back but, Warning comes before destruction and her losing her two other kids due to the lack of supervision should have been a wake up call, now this little girl is dead. Allowing young kids to roam alone is no longer the norm because of so many monsters out there.
Uhm Im sorry but this mother who had other children taken away from her because of a lack of supervision should have exercised better judgment with this child. If she was sleeping and needed a sitter it was her duty to get adequate supervision for the 7 year old rather than leave her with a teen. I empathize for her loss but I hope that before the state gives her the other 2 children, they make sure she can take care of them
This story is JUST SO SAD. Prayers for the family and he needs to be hung stoned shat something.
I am sure the mother is in her own hell right now so I am going to give her a break. I lay blame on the owners of the Apartment Complex…you know there are children living there, why the hell would you hire someone with a record to work there?! That poor angel, to only imagine what was going through her mind when that animal was assalting her and hurting her. Prayers for her family. I some they send the SOB to Hell!
Thank you, Veronica… I do empathize with her over her losing her child, but like the story says, this happened previously; and to leave a young child with a teenager like that, given the conditions of the past and the world today, it is the mothers fault. As far as the teen, if s/he cared, s/he could’ve taken the child with them to get something to drink.
This could’ve been avoided. Tremendously.
Some of y’all r crazy and can’t read. The only one to blame Ryan “the monster” Brunn!!! The mother is on the house doin what mothers do, the child is outside doin what kids do, this is all normal stuff!! So what the mother got two other kids taken away b4 so fuckin what!!! She’s in the house watchin tv sleep whatever. The
lil girl wanted to go outside and play go head. She asked someone to watch the girl good. Now it’s hot the lil girl hot thirsty wanted to go n for a drink but the teen can’t leave the other kids to walk her home so she said go head we live in apt complex everybody knows everybody so u str8 to walk by urself and this monster took advantage of that!! And y’all blame the mother what the fuck!!! Maybe she was n the house cookin dinner or watchin the other two children this time y’all don’t know! I pray for the mother bless this childs soul and I hope they fry Ryans ass
RIP to the little girl,and my prayers to the mother who i believe is in deep pain right now wishing she can reverse this all thing.
That low life filthy dirty muthaf***a he is on his way to hell in a handbasket. Sick B***h I hope they give his ass the bizness in jail. That poor baby my GOD rest her soul, this is so sad.
This is what happens with lazy Latina mothers who don’t watch their kids. Now someone has raped her little chocha.
When will these stupid Hispanic women learn to raise their kids with proper supervision? In this day and age, you MUST watch your kids, not let them play outside alone or with a teenager. Teenagers are not capable of responsibility — they are stupid. This woman got what she deserved and I’m glad they took her other kids away. She is not a good mother and she allowed this to happen. Too bad the little girl couldn’t pick her parents.
[...] Ryan Brunn, an apartment groundskeeper, was convicted of molesting and murdering the 7-year-old Canton girl two days ago, and reports are that he committed suicide Thursday (January 19, 2012), two days after he was sentenced in Cherokee County to spend life in prison without parole. [...]