Mayor Calls for Outside Probe

Update 10:14 a.m. Friday

While a sheriff's deputy will be disciplined for a mistake in the search for Jorelys Rivera, a trainee won't be, the now says.

A press conference has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today at the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office headquarters to announce the disciplinary actions taken against the deputy.

Original Report Below 7:45 p.m. Thursday

With lingering questions over how the handled the search for slain 7-year-old Jorelys Rivera, Canton Mayor Gene Hobgood said a "third party, unbiased professional" should examine the agency's tactics.

"In just the past few days, some concern has been expressed as to how the investigation was conducted on behalf of our police department," he said during . "To better understand how the investigation was conducted and (to) determine the facts regarding the investigation, it is my opinion that a review of the activities and operations of our police department as it relates to this case is in order."

Hobgood's remarks came just one day after  Roger Garrison told WSB-TV that a deputy and a trainee would be disciplined for failing to tell someone that they saw what looked like a small amount of blood inside a vacant apartment unit that turned out to be the crime scene.

Jorelys, a first-grader, was . The spearheaded the search, but did not call in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Child Abduction Response Team until Dec. 4. That team joined the search at 7 a.m. Dec. 5. Within hours, authorities  in a Dumpster from the apartment. An autopsy found that she likely died 60 to 90 minutes after she disappeared. Jorelys had been , GBI director Vernon 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 last Wednesday.

As of today, 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.

Tonight, Hobgood told the crowd that an independent examination of the police department's work on the case is necessary "to learn from any shortcomings and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our department—and for no other reason."

To watch tonight's meeting in its entirety, click . You will need to hover over the test pattern, wait for the rectangular box with the city's logo to appear on the screen, click that box, then search for "December 15, 2011 Council Meeting" under "Latest Videos."

For all of Canton-Sixes Patch's coverage of the Jorelys Rivera case, go to http://canton-ga.patch.com/topics/jorelys-rivera.