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The 25-year-old family friend suspected of abducting and killing the girl was jailed Saturday.Zachary Todd Anderson, of Monticello, is currently being held without bail in the Crow Wing County Jail in Brainerd, awaiting charges later this week in connection with the death of Alayna Ertl.He booked into the jail about 10 p.m. Saturday on suspicion of first-degree murder and kidnapping charges, according to the jail’s log.The Crow Wing County Jail has an inmate contract with the Cass County Jail, a Cass County corrections officer said Sunday. The charges are pending in Cass County, the officer said, but Anderson "has not yet made it to Cass County."Ertl was found dead in the southern portion of Wilderness Park Estates, a residential park located about three miles east of the village of Leader in Cass County. The park is located in Meadowbrook Township in southern Cass County, about 35 miles northwest of Brainerd.Kayla Ertl told authorities she put her daughter to bed around 2 a.m. at the family’s home on the 200 block of Meeker Ave. S. in Watkins, according to the Amber Alert.That was the last time she saw Alayna. The next time she checked on her daughter, around 8 a.m. Saturday, Alayna was missing.So was Anderson, along with a 2002 GMC Sierra pickup owned by the girl’s father, Matt Ertl, according to the Amber Alert. Anderson had reportedly stayed at the Ertl home that night.Authorities had information that Anderson may have been in Todd County about 6:30 a.m. Saturday, via Matt Ertl's cell phone left inside the vehicle. The latest pinged location as late as 9 a.m. was still Todd County. Authorities said the cellphone was then shut off.Alayna Ertl’s body was found around 5 p.m. Saturday about 100 miles north of her Watkins home. She was reported dead when police arrived on the scene. Her body’s discovery was reported by Meeker County Sheriff Brian Cruze at 6:02 p.m. Saturday and the Amber Alert was cancelled.Cruze also reported that Anderson had been located earlier and arrested in the rural area. Ertl’s father’s pickup was also reported recovered.Anderson...