Crowd Jeers Teen Charged In Murder

ASTORIA, Ore. - Friends and relatives of a 7-year-old girl cursed and shouted insults at her accused killer yesterday as he was hustled from the Clatsop County Courthouse after his arraignment.

Patrick Harned, 16, said nothing at the brief court proceeding other than to confirm that his name was spelled correctly. The Astoria High School sophomore is charged as an adult with aggravated murder in the death of Ashley Ann Carlson. An autopsy determined that she was strangled.

Ashley disappeared Thursday while walking home from a nearby park, setting off a search that eventually involved thousands of people.

The girl's body was found Monday in Harned's home, around the corner from her own.