Victim 's father says he would have preferred to die ` ` in the electric chair '' ' Brunn died of an apparent suicide , a Georgia corrections officer says . Last week , Brunn was indicted on 13 counts including murder , aggravated assault , cruelty to children , aggravated child molestation , enticing a child for indecent purposes , false imprisonment , abandonment of a dead body , making a false statement and sexual exploitation of children . He pleaded guilty Tuesday in the murder of 7-year - old Jorelys Smith . The girl was found dead in a trash compactor three days after she went missing .
Victim 's father says he would have preferred to die ` ` in the electric chair '' ' Brunn died of an apparent suicide , a Georgia corrections officer says . He pleaded guilty Tuesday in the murder of 7-year - old Jorelys Smith . The girl was found dead in a trash compactor three days after she went missing .