Funeral services are this morning(10:30) for five-year-old Alayna Ertl of Watkins, who was kidnapped and killed last Saturday by a family friend. Several hundred people will gather at the Church of St. Anthony to remember and honor little Alayna. Hamline University Criminology Professor Jillian Peterson says this case has touched the hearts of many Minnesotans:
A Go-Fund-Me account has been set up to help the Ertl family with expenses.