Editor's note: Tune in to AC360° at 8 p.m. ET for a full report on Ryan Brunn, the 20-year-old suspect in the brutal slaying of 7-year-old Jorelys Rivera. Plus, a former FBI profiler will weigh in on the evidence in the investigation.
Canton, Georgia (CNN) - Ryan Brunn, the suspect in the slaying of a 7-year-old Georgia girl who lived in the apartment complex where he worked, wore a bullet-proof vest during his first court appearance Thursday.
Brunn entered the Cherokee County Superior Court wearing an orange jumpsuit and a tan bullet-proof vest. His hands were shackled during the court appearance, which lasted only a few minutes.
Authorities arrested the 20-year-old maintenance worker Wednesday afternoon and have charged him with killing Jorelys Rivera, who was last seen alive Friday near a playground at the apartment complex in Canton. Investigators found her body in a trash compactor there three days later.