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Slain Ohio girl's neighbor held by authorities

WOOSTER, Ohio — An Ohio man who authorities believe killed a 9-year-old neighbor and dumped her body in a trash bin was ordered held without bond today pending another hearing next week.

Jerrod Metsker, 24, appeared for an arraignment before a Wayne County municipal court judge via video from jail. The county public defender was appointed to represent him on charges that he killed Reann Murphy, whose family lives across from him in a trailer park in Smithville. Metsker was arrested Sunday, about 12 hours after deputies found Reann’s body in a trash bin near her home.

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