A Second Suspect?

On the same day that Jorelys Rivera was buried in Puerto Rico, speculation of a second suspect swirled around the apartment community where the first-grader lived and died, according to a Tuesday report from 11Alive.

It's not the first time that talk of additional suspects has surfaced. During a , Fox 5 weekend anchor Deidra Dukes asked Georgia Bureau of Investigation director Vernon Keenan if others were involved in Jorelys' brutal slaying.

The GBI director didn't say yes or no.

"We're confident that Brunn is the killer," Keenan said at the time. "We're going to continue the investigation. If there happens to be anyone else who is going to be involved in this, they're going to be held accountable also."

Jorelys, 7, was . Authorities  in one of the apartment's Dumpsters. She'd been , Keenan said during a Dec. 6 press conference.

The next day, law enforcement arrested , a 20-year-old River Ridge maintenance worker who Keenan said had access to the trash compactor. He remains in isolation in the on charges of murder and making false statements. A date for his arraignment has not been set.

Cherokee County District Attorney Garry Moss' office is expected to file additional charges against Brunn in the "near future," Keenan said one week ago.

As of this morning, no new charges had been filed, an official at the Cherokee County Magistrate Court said.

After a public , a candlelight and a public in Canton on Friday and Saturday, Jorelys' body was flown to her native Puerto Rico, where she was buried Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.

Click the play button on the attached media clip to watch video that Canton-Sixes Patch shot when Keenan was asked about additional suspects.