JORELYS RIVERA - 7 yo - Canton/ Atlanta GA

http://www.ajc.com/news/cherokee/7-year-old-canton-1249642.html

A 7-year-old Canton girl is missing and police are asking for help finding her.




Jorely Rivera was wearing a pink shirt, blue jeans and black boots when last seen around 5 p.m. at the River Ridge apartment complex in the 100 block of River Ridge Drive in Canton, police said.

Rivera is described as a Hispanic female who is approximately 3 feet tall and 80 pounds, authorities said.

Officers have been searching the area since around 5:30 p.m. and are going door to door. The search area has been expanded, police said.

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. —
Police have been searching for a missing 7-year-old since Friday afternoon.

The
girl, Jorely Rivera, was playing in the playground of her River Ridge
apartment complex on River Ridge Drive in Canton. She was being watched
by a teen who last saw her around 5 p.m., Canton police said. Rivera’s
father lives in Puerto Rico and her mother was out of town.

Around
40 officers with dogs launched a search for Rivera, at one point, going
door to door. Police have been searching for her since 5:30 p.m.

Canton police said Rivera is 3 feet tall and 80 pounds. She was last seen wearing a pink shirt, blue jeans and black boots.

There are two sex offenders living in the apartment complex. Police said they were being checked out.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/7-year-old-girl-missing/nFsYb/

Abduction suspected in case of missing 7-year-old Canton girl

Canton police on Saturday said the case of a missing 7-year-old girl is now being investigated as a child abduction.
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Jorely Rivera, 7, of Canton has been missing since Friday afternoon.

Jorley Rivera was last seen around 5 p.m. Friday at the River Ridge apartment complex on River Ridge Drive in Canton.
Police spokeswoman Detective Candy Worthy said an abduction appeared more likely as the investigation proceeded.
“We have been slowly pushing in that direction during the day today,”
Worthy said Saturday. “At this time, we are treating the case as a
child abduction for the safety of the child.”

The detective said police have searched most of the perimeters
they’ve established. Probation officers and deputies were also
questioning sex offenders in the area, Worthy said.

“We are also working with the school system and the family to learn more about the child's friends,” Worthy said.

Jorley is described as a Hispanic female who is approximately 3 feet
tall and 80 pounds. She was last seen wearing a pink shirt, blue jeans
and black boots.
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The search for a missing Canton girl continued Sunday.


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Jorelys Rivera, 7, of Canton has been missing since Friday afternoon.

Police and other searchers were using the parking lot of Carmike
Cinemas Riverstone as a staging area Sunday, said Detective Candy Worthy.

The disappearance of 7-year-old Jorelys Rivera is being investigated
as a child abduction, police said. The girl was last seen around 5 p.m.
Friday at the River Ridge apartment complex on River Ridge Drive in Canton.

Search crews Sunday were focusing on two nearby apartment complexes and surrounding wooded areas.

"Here we are getting into the 48-hour mark [and] enough's enough --
we've got to get something and that's why we're out here now and we'll
be out here as long as it takes," Jeff Hall with Canton police told Channel 2 Action News.

Probation officers and deputies were also questioning sex offenders in the area, Worthy said.

“We are also working with the school system and the family to learn more about the child's friends,” Worthy said.

Jorelys is described as a Hispanic female who is approximately 3 to 4
feet tall and 80 pounds. She was last seen wearing a pink shirt, blue jeans and black boots.

Anyone with information as to the child’s whereabouts is urged to
call 911 immediately. Tipsters can remain anonymous by calling 770-345-4189.
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http://www.ajc.com/news/cherokee/state-child-abduction-team-1249642.html

A team of state law enforcement officials specially trained in child abductions was brought in Monday to join the search for a 7-year-old Canton girl who has been missing since Friday.
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The 50-member team, made up of GBI agents, Georgia State Patrol troopers, Department of Natural Resources rangers and other state officers, was helping look for Jorelys Rivera, last seen at an apartment complex in Canton.


Police and other searchers were using the parking lot of Carmike Cinemas Riverstone as a staging area Sunday, said Canton police Det. Candy Worthy.

The disappearance of Jorelys is being investigated as a child abduction, police said. The girl was last seen around 5 p.m. Friday at the River Ridge apartment complex on River Ridge Drive in Canton.

Search crews Sunday were focusing on two nearby apartment complexes and surrounding wooded areas.

"Here we are getting into the 48-hour mark [and] enough's enough -- we've got to get something and that's why we're out here now and we'll be out here as long as it takes," Jeff Hall with Canton police told Channel 2 Action News.

Probation officers and deputies were also questioning sex offenders in the area, Worthy said.

“We are also working with the school system and the family to learn more about the child's friends,” Worthy said.

Jorelys is described as a Hispanic female who is approximately 3 to 4 feet tall and 80 pounds. She was last seen wearing a pink shirt, blue jeans and black boots.

Anyone with information as to the child’s whereabouts is urged to call 911 immediately. Tipsters can remain anonymous by calling 770-345-4189.

Body of girl, 7, found in trash

The body of 7-year-old Georgia girl missing since Friday was found in
a trash container at her apartment complex, officials announced Monday.
It
appears Jorelys Rivera of Canton, Ga., was sexually assaulted and
severely beaten, Vernon Keenan, director of the Georgia Bureau of
Investigations, told reporters.
"This is
going to be a very horrendous crime. I'm convinced of that after
observing the body," Keenan said, adding that "we do not have a strong
suspect." He did not elaborate.
The trash container was heavily compacted and had not been searched prior to Monday's discovery, he added.
The
girl's mother, Joselin Rivera, earlier pleaded for her daughter's safe
return. "I want to tell whoever has her or took her not to harm her, to
return her," NBC station 11Alive.com reported. "She's innocent. She's a little angel."
Rivera said she hadn't seen her daughter since leaving for work Thursday night.
"She
gave me a kiss and told me that she loved me a lot," Rivera added,
noting that when she got home Friday morning, her daughter had already
left for school.


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OMG

CANTON, Ga. (AP) — A body found in a trash container is believed to
be that of a 7-year-old girl who went missing last week from an
apartment complex playground north of Atlanta, authorities said Monday.
Georgia
Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said that "everything
points to it being" Jorelys Rivera of Canton. Bankhead said officials
were awaiting results of an autopsy to confirm the identity and a cause
of death.
Bankhead told The Associated Press the body appeared to
have been severely beaten and sexually assaulted. He said the girl's
mother had been notified.
No suspects were in custody as of Monday night, authorities said.
The
girl's mother returned to the apartment complex early Monday evening.
Crying, the woman entered the family's apartment without speaking to
reporters and a family friend asked for privacy.
The child was
last seen around 5 p.m. Friday at the River Ridge apartments in Canton,
about 40 miles north of Atlanta, Canton police Detective Candy Worthy
said. The girl was at the playground with a teenage baby sitter. The
girl had gone back to her apartment to get sodas for friends when she
disappeared, authorities said.
Authorities brought in a
specialized team of law officers trained to handle child abductions. The
body was located about 1 p.m. Monday.
Canton emergency management
director Jeff Hall said authorities had not searched the trash
container until Monday because it was a large garbage compacting bin
that needed to be moved offsite so they could go through it.
Bankhead,
the GBI spokesman, said investigators believe the girl was killed at
the apartment complex and her body left in the trash bin. Yellow crime
scene tape blocked off the wooded area behind the girl's apartment
building.
Authorities planned to provide an update on the investigation Tuesday morning.
Maria Rodriguez works with Rivera's mother at a nearby poultry plant and used to live in the same complex.
"She
was a very sweet girl," Rodriguez said, crying as she held her
4-year-old daughter. "She was the type of little girl who likes her
presence to be known. It's just so sad."
Rodriguez said Rivera's
mother worked the graveyard shift. Police have since removed two other
young children from the Rivera home over "concern about the supervision
of Jorelys," said Lt. Jay Baker with the Cherokee County Sheriff's
Department.
Maria Faustino, who also used to live in the apartment complex, said she always felt safe there.
"This
place is small and everybody knows everybody," said Faustino, who has a
young son. "You wouldn't have thought something like this would have
happened there."
A schoolmate who lived in a neighboring complex,
8-year-old Ashley Rosalez, said Rivera was very talkative and that she
would play on all the playgrounds in nearby apartment complexes.
Another
neighbor, Nancy Hudgins, who lives next to the trash bin where the body
was found, said the little girl liked to swim at the pool in the
complex with her siblings and loved to pet animals that lived in the
area.
She said the Rivera family was "mostly quiet" and kept to itself.
Officers
were checking with sex offenders in the area, an effort that will
possibly broaden as the investigation continues, Bankhead said.
There are 73 registered sex offenders living in Canton, according to state records online.
Authorities
did not issue a Levi's Call — the state's version of an Amber Alert —
because officers didn't have any information about the girl's abductor,
which is a requirement for issuing such an alert.
Michelle
Mercier, who lives across the street from the complex, brought a bouquet
of yellow, pink and purple flowers to the playground where Jorelys was
last seen. Soon after, neighbors and community members flocked to the
playground Monday to leave flowers and stuffed animals.
"I wanted everybody to know I'm thinking of her, this precious little girl who is no longer with us," Mercier said.
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Why did the SOB have to beat her before he murdered her? Did he beat her to death?

Do we know anything about the babysitter?

She was last seen at 5. What time was she reported missing?

twinkletoes wrote:Why did the SOB have to beat her before he murdered her? Did he beat her to death?

---If it's any consolation, We do not know at this point if the beating took place pre or post mortem.
Based on her age it was probably a little of both. She was old enough to realize the nature of the attack and therefore had to be subdued by rendering her unconscious. Later the perp was probably trying to erase his or her crime by destroying the victim.
The perp is a neighbor or a regular visitor, perhaps someone in the same building. Key to the evidence timeline is when the trash was compacted and where the body was in relation to compacted trash. Best guess is that it all happened during the first 8-12 hours.

twinkletoes wrote:Do we know anything about the babysitter?

She was last seen at 5. What time was she reported missing?

---From what I have she was reported missing by the babysitter shortly after the last sighting. Police were on scene and searching within 30 minutes of the 5PM time mark. I surmise that the detectives have already spoken with the perp and just don't know it yet.
It is possible that when they initially went door to door the perp had already subdued her and didn't answer the door, pretending not to be home.

Thanks Tom.

Another sickening evil murder of a child. I am thankful she was found relatively soon.

Having trouble typing. Puter gravely ill.

So sad. I hope they find the murderer right away.