Originally published August 9, 2014 at 7:44 PM | Page modified August 10, 2014 at 4:42 PM 
 
 Investigators were wrapping up their on-scene probe Sunday into the killing of 6-year-old Jenise Wright, a day after arresting a 17-year-old neighbor on investigation of rape and murder. 
 
 BREMERTON — Investigators were wrapping up their on-scene probe Sunday into the killing of 6-year-old Jenise Wright, a day after arresting a 17-year-old neighbor on investigation of rape and murder. 
 
 Kitsap County sheriff’s detectives seized three vehicles from the teenaged suspect’s home and completed final interviews of residents at the Steele Creek Mobile Home Park, the community where Wright went missing eight days earlier. 
 
 The statements and evidence collected Sunday will help authorities in “trying to put together a composite of the suspect for painting a picture for the court,” Kitsap County Sheriff’s spokesman Scott Wilson said. 
 
 “We’re just wrapping everything up,” Wilson added. “There’s still a lot to do, but now the focus is just dotting all of our i’s and crossing all of our t’s and handing the case off to prosecutors.” 
 
 The teenager, who has not been named, was booked Saturday on investigation of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and child rape, said Det. Lt. Earl Smith of the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office. Smith said the suspect was arrested shortly before 3 p.m. after forensic evidence linked the teenager to Wright. 
 
 The family was notified about an hour later. 
 
 “There’s a lot of grief,” Wilson said. He wasn’t sure if the suspect and Jenise knew each other, but he noted the community in and around the mobile-home park was small. 
 
 The suspect was interviewed by authorities Saturday and was scheduled to make an initial appearance in Kitsap County District Court on Monday afternoon. 
 
 Justin Pearce, a resident of Steele Creek Mobile Home Park, said he heard the news of an arrest with “sadness, but relief. It doesn’t bring her back, but it’s still relief.” 
 
 He said he did not know the boy’s identity, but was sure it would turn out he knew him. 
 
 Part of the investigation has focused on the swift collection and testing of forensic evidence, and authorities have said everyone in the 103-unit community has complied voluntarily with the request for DNA samples. 
 
 Wilson confirmed the suspect was among those who provided DNA. 
 
 The Washington State Patrol was supporting the investigation by staffing its crime lab 24 hours a day until the samples could be processed. 
 
 “That team is what enabled us to reach this plateau in this investigation,” Wilson said. 
 
 An autopsy concluded Jenise was a homicide victim, and her body was found Thursday in an area near the mobile-home community where she lived with her family. 
 
 Authorities have said Jenise was last seen around bedtime last Saturday. She was gone Sunday morning, but her parents were not immediately alarmed because she was allowed to wander around the mobile-home park. They became concerned when she did not show up Sunday night, and they called 911, the Sheriff’s Office said. 
 
 Wilson has said the parents, James and Denise Wright, have been cooperative in the investigation. 
 
 Throughout the week, authorities had blocked access to the neatly tended neighborhood except to residents. 
 
 At the entrance to Jenise’s neighborhood, community members built a growing memorial that includes silver balloons, stuffed animals, lit candles, flowers and letters written to Jenise. Cars continue to stop by, with parents and kids tearfully placing flowers at the scene. 
 
 Jenise was well-known among her neighbors and was so friendly that she would have breakfast with one family and lunch with others, authorities have said. 
 
 Pearce said Jenise often spent time at his family’s home, including on Saturday, and she played with his 5-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter. Pearce and his wife, Dana, haven’t yet explained to their children what happened to their friend. They plan to get grief counseling before having that conversation. 
 
 The Pearces both praised the work of law enforcement. 
 
 “It wasn’t even a week,” said Dana Pearce. “I’m so amazed at the job they did.” 
 
 Seattle Times reporter Lewis Kamb contributed to this report.Christine Clarridge can be reached at 206-464-8983 or cclarridge@seattletimes.com. 
 
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 BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) - 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 Washington state mobile home park she vanished from last weekend, authorities said. 
 
 
 
 The boy was arrested Saturday without incident by deputies and FBI agents at his home in the same Bremerton-area mobile home park, Kitsap County sheriff's Detective Earl Smith said at a news conference. 
 
 
 
 The Washington state crime lab made positive confirmation of the suspect through forensic evidence. Earlier in the week, the sheriff's office had collected DNA cheek swabs from dozens of nearby residents. 
 
 
 
 Smith said Saturday that the boy was being interviewed and will be booked with second-degree murder, manslaughter and rape in the girl's death. 
 
 
 
 The family of Jenise Wright was notified of the arrest about an hour after it took place. A growing memorial at the entrance to the neighborhood includes silver balloons, stuffed animals, lit candles and flowers. 
 
 
 
 "There's a lot of grief," Sheriff's Office spokesman Scott Wilson told The Seattle Times. 
 
 
 
 Wilson said he wasn't sure if the suspect and Jenise knew each other. He pointed out that the community in and around the trailer park was small. 
 
 
 
 Justin Pearce, a resident of Steele Creek Mobile Home Park, told the Times that he heard the news of an arrest with "sadness, but relief. It doesn't bring her back, but it's still relief." 
 
 
 
 The FBI's Specialty Search Dogs Unit discovered Jenise's body on Thursday amid thick brush in a nearby wooded area. Volunteer canine search teams had previously reported that their dogs had showed interest in a particular area. 
 
 
 
 Jenise was last seen when she went to bed on the night of Aug. 2. Her parents waited a day before calling for help because they say the girl had wandered around the Steele Creek Mobile Home Park on her own in the past. 
 
 
 
 Officials have said that there were no signs of forced entry at Jenise's home and no indication she was taken from her room. 
 
 
 
 Hundreds of people, including officers from 15 law enforcement agencies, searched for Jenise and went door to door at the mobile home park on the west side of Puget Sound, across from Seattle. They also pulled surveillance video from nearby businesses and checked in with sex offenders in the county.
– A week after 6-year-old Washington state girl Jenise Wright went missing, authorities have charged a 17-year-old male who lived in her neighborhood with her murder and sexual assault, reports the Seattle Times. The teenager isn't yet being named, but faces charges including second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, and child rape. "There's a lot of grief," says a sheriff's spokesman. The suspect was identified via forensic evidence, and as KOMO notes, dozens of residents of the trailer park in which Jenise lived voluntarily submitted DNA samples. She was found dead in a nearby wooded area earlier this week.