Penuelas , Puerto Rico ( CNN ) -- Jorelys Rivera , the 7-year-old girl who was abducted and killed early this month near her north Georgia home , was buried Tuesday in a service in this town on the southern coast of Puerto Rico . Hundreds of mourners filled the funeral home and spilled out the doors for the service . Afterward , the carriage holding holding her body was pulled by horses -- her favorite animal -- to the cemetery . The 1- to 2-kilometer ( 1-mile ) route to the cemetery was lined with people , many of whom said they had not known the girl or her family , but were there simply because they had been moved by her story . Mayor Walter Torres paid the cost of the service . As a four-person group played traditional Puerto Rican and Christmas music , Jorelys ' mother Joseline appeared calm and solemn.The girl 's father , Ricardo Galarza , appeared disturbed and upset . He told CNN last week that he last saw his daughter two years ago when she visited for the summer . She was supposed to have returned for Christmas . The girl 's maternal grandmother was barely able to speak and remain upright . Jorelys disappeared December 2 near a playground at a Canton , Georgia , apartment complex . Searchers found her body in a compactor-type trash bin there three days later . Authorities have accused 20-year-old Ryan Brunn -- a maintenance worker at the complex -- of killing her . Jorelys died of blunt force trauma to the head and was stabbed and sexually assaulted , according to authorities . A date for Brunn 's arraignment has not been set . David Cannon Sr. , one of Brunn 's court-appointed attorneys , has said that his client will plead not guilty . On Sunday , Rivera told WAPA that if authorities have evidence showing Brunn killed her daughter , he should face the death penalty . `` The truth is I ca n't tell you if it was him or if it was n't him , because I had never seen him before , '' she said .
Hundreds of mourners filled the funeral home in Puerto Rico . The family said they were told that a man who had been living on the island for several years was found dead at his home. The carriage holding her body was pulled by horses .