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10-year-old girl charged with homicide in death of infant [View all]
It's just one thing after another in Chippewa Falls. When it rains, it pours.
10-year-old girl charged with homicide in death of infant
By Chris Vetter Leader-Telegram staff Nov 5, 2018 Updated 13 hrs ago
CHIPPEWA FALLS — Wearing a flowery dress, pink shoes and a thick leather restraint around her waist, a 10-year-old girl appeared in Chippewa County Court on Monday, accused of repeatedly stomping on a 6-month-old infant, causing his death. She deeply sobbed throughout the hearing, where she was ordered to be held in a secure detention center.
The girl was charged with first-degree intentional homicide by someone age 10 or older, said Chippewa County District Attorney Wade Newell. The case could later be moved out of adult court and into juvenile court, Newell said.
The Leader-Telegram is not identifying the girl because of her young age and the likelihood the case will be transferred to juvenile court, according to Editor Gary Johnson. ... State law required the matter, at least initially, to be held in adult court, Newell explained. ... “She has to be treated as an adult,” Newell said.
The incident occurred Oct. 30 at a licensed day care in the town of Tilden, northwest of Chippewa Falls. The house is also a foster home, and the girl resides there as a foster child. The infant who died was not related to the girl; the infant was there as a client of the day care.
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Contact: chris.vetter@ecpc.com
By Chris Vetter Leader-Telegram staff Nov 5, 2018 Updated 13 hrs ago
CHIPPEWA FALLS — Wearing a flowery dress, pink shoes and a thick leather restraint around her waist, a 10-year-old girl appeared in Chippewa County Court on Monday, accused of repeatedly stomping on a 6-month-old infant, causing his death. She deeply sobbed throughout the hearing, where she was ordered to be held in a secure detention center.
The girl was charged with first-degree intentional homicide by someone age 10 or older, said Chippewa County District Attorney Wade Newell. The case could later be moved out of adult court and into juvenile court, Newell said.
The Leader-Telegram is not identifying the girl because of her young age and the likelihood the case will be transferred to juvenile court, according to Editor Gary Johnson. ... State law required the matter, at least initially, to be held in adult court, Newell explained. ... “She has to be treated as an adult,” Newell said.
The incident occurred Oct. 30 at a licensed day care in the town of Tilden, northwest of Chippewa Falls. The house is also a foster home, and the girl resides there as a foster child. The infant who died was not related to the girl; the infant was there as a client of the day care.
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Contact: chris.vetter@ecpc.com
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