US teenager held on $1m bail following death of 6-year-old girl

The parents of a six-year-old Washington girl found dead last week sat in a courtroom as a judge ordered a 17-year-old boy, who is under investigation following the child’s death and sexual assault, be held on $1m bail.

Prosecutors in Kitsap County filed court documents saying they had sufficient evidence to hold Gabriel Gaeta on first-degree murder with aggravating circumstances, felony murder and first-degree rape of a child.

They are pursuing the case in Kitsap County Superior Court, where Gaeta is expected to be tried as an adult.