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Police arrest teen in death of Washington girl

This undated photo provided by the FBI shows Jenise Paulette Wright. More than 100 officers from 10 law enforcement agencies are involved in the search for 6-year-old Jenise, who disappeared from her Washington state home over the weekend, sheriff's officials said Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/FBI)
Karole Johnson places balloons of princesses and flowers at the entrance sign to the Steele Creek Mobile Home Park, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 in Bremerton, Wash. A four-day search for a missing Washington girl who vanished from her home over the weekend came to a tragic end Thursday, as authorities said they believe they have found the body of 6-year-old Jenise Wright. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Larry Steagall)
Investigators work at the home of Jenise Wright in the Steele Creek Mobile Home Park in East Bremerton, Wash., on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Law enforcement officers searching for 6-year-old Jenise Wright said Thursday they found a child's body in the vicinity of the mobile home park where the girl vanished over the weekend. (AP Photo/Seattle Times, Mark Harrison)
Ronald Newton prays along side Old Military Rd. for missing Stele Creek Mobile Home Park resident Jenise Wright,6, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, after word got out that remains were found in the vicinity of the mobile home park where the girl vanished. Authorities in Kitsap County said the remains have not been identified and an autopsy will determine the manner and cause of death. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Larry Steagall)
This undated photo provided by the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office shows Jenise Paulette Wright. Kitsap County sheriff's deputies are searching for Jenise, 6, who is missing and was last seen Saturday night, Aug. 2, 2014, at her home in east Bremerton, Wash. Jenise is 3 feet tall, weighs 45 pounds and has black hair. She'll be a first-grader this coming school year. (AP Photo/Kitsap County Sheriff's Office)
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August 9, 2014 - 4:04 pm
 

BREMERTON, Wash. — Authorities say a 17-year-old has been arrested in the death and sexual assault of a 6-year-old girl whose body was found near the mobile home park she vanished from last weekend.

Kitsap County sheriff’s Detective Earl Smith said at a news conference Saturday afternoon that deputies and FBI agents arrested the boy at his home without incident.

The teen lived in the same Bremerton-area mobile home park as 6-year-old Jenise Wright. Smith says the boy is being interviewed and will be booked on suspicion of second-degree murder, manslaughter and rape.

The state crime lab made positive confirmation of the suspect through forensic evidence.

The sheriff’s office said Friday that it was collecting DNA cheek swabs from dozens of residents who volunteered them in the mobile home park.

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