SOUTH BEND, Ind. (ADAMS) – The now-16-year-old accused of murdering a six-year-old girl will be examined by doctors to see if he can be tried as an adult in the case.
A judge in South Bend ordered a mental health exam for the young suspect.
The teen was 14-years-old when police say he raped and killed six-year-old Grace Ross in the woods behind the New Carlisle apartment complex where they both lived back in March 2021.
Prosecutors want to try him as an adult, his lawyers say he was legally insane at the time of the crime.
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