The 8th grader made statements 'that his intention was to rape and kill the victim from the get-go,' according to prosecutors.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisconsin -- A 14-year-old boy accused of killing a 10-year-old Wisconsin girl knew the girl and planned the attack, knocking her down and choking her before sexually assaulting her, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Lane said the high bond was necessary to protect the community given the teen's"statements regarding his intentions and his statements regarding that when he did get off the trail, he punched the victim in the stomach, knocked her to the ground, essentially strangled her, hit her with a stick, before strangling her to the point of death -- before he then sexually assaulted her," Newell told the judge at the bond hearing.
Wisconsin law generally calls for juveniles age 10 and up to be prosecuted as adults when they are charged with first-degree intentional homicide. The judge set a May 5 status hearing in the case.
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