Charges expected Tuesday in kidnapping, death of 5-year-old girl
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Criminal charges are expected soon against a family friend held on suspicion of kidnapping and killing a 5-year-old girl from central Minnesota.
Zachary Todd Anderson is being held in the Crow Wing County Jail in the death of Alayna Ertl.
Alayna was last seen around 2 a.m. Saturday when she was put to bed at her home in Watkins, about 70 miles northwest of Minneapolis. Her mother reported her missing at 8 a.m.
Anderson was also missing. The 26-year-old Monticello man had been spending the night with the Ertl family.
Anderson was found later Saturday at a cabin his family owns near Motley, about 80 miles to the north. Authorities say he provided information that led to the girl's body, which was found near the cabin.
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