The 16-year-old accused of killing a 15-year-old boy in Perth, Ont. final month is now going through a first-degree homicide cost, in accordance with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
Police have been referred to as to the realm of North Road North and Sherbrooke Road East simply earlier than 3 p.m. on Oct. 25. After they arrived on the scene, they situated a deceased individual later recognized as Reese Stanzel. A 16-year-old arrested at a house within the space was initially charged with second-degree homicide.
“However the investigation has resulted within the cost being elevated to first-degree homicide underneath part 235(1) of the Prison Code,” the OPP stated in an replace Thursday.
“Whereas we can’t focus on the proof or doable motives, the OPP asks in your endurance and urges everybody to chorus from spreading unverified and probably deceptive data.”
The suspect’s identification is protected underneath the Youth Prison Justice Act.
The investigation into what led to the incident is ongoing.
“Whereas we can’t focus on the proof or doable motives, the OPP asks in your endurance and urges everybody to chorus from spreading unverified and probably deceptive data,” police stated in a press release.
The 16-year-old stays in custody and is scheduled to look in court docket on Nov. 28.
Anybody with any details about this incident is requested to name the OPP at 1-888-310-1122, or Crime stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) to stay nameless.
Perth is about 85 kilometres southwest of downtown Ottawa.
