Boyd already was held for investigation of his statement that he buried the body of another woman in the desert near Mexicali, Mexico, earlier this year.

Russell said Boyd under questioning related that he killed Jeanette Harris of Harrisburg and threw her body into the cañon.

A body was found in the cañon April 8.

Russell said that Boyd, whom he described as a user of narcotics, told a story that "didn't jibe everywhere but seemed straight in some points."

The police chief said Boyd did not say how nor why he killed the girl.