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Teen to Stand Trial in Park Murder Case

(KNZA)--A teen accused in the stabbing death of another teen at a St. Joseph park last month will stand trial.

The St. Joseph News Press reports 18-year-old Sebastian Dowell was bound over for trial on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Kaytlin Root after waiving his preliminary hearing Monday.

Arraignment was set for December 8th.

A 17-year-old female is also charged with second-degree murder in Root’s death.  A December 8th hearing has been set to determine whether she should be tired as an adult.

Root’s body was found by a jogger at Krug Park on October 16th.  Authorities say the two suspects lured Root to take a ride that ended up at the park where she was stabbed multiple times.

Dowell remains held in the Buchanan County Jail without bond.

 

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