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Update: Teen Certified as Adult in Park Murder

By Greg Bebermeyer

12/09/2016

Amanda Bennett

(KNZA)--A 17-year-old charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of another teen at a popular St.Joseph park in October will be prosecuted as an adult.

According to a news release from the Buchanan County Prosecuting Attorney's office, Amanda Bennett was charged Friday as an adult with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of 17-year-old Kaytlin Root.

That came after a judge granted the prosecution's motion that Bennett, who had been charged in juvenile court, be certified as an adult.

Co-defendant, 18-year-old Sebastian Dowell, is also charged with second-degree murder in the case. He waived formal arraignment Thursday and is due back in court in February. He continues to be held without bond in the Buchanan County Jail.

Authorities say Dowell and Bennett lured Root to take a ride that ended up at Krug Park where she was rendered unconscious and stabbed multiple times. Her body was found by a jogger at the park on October 16th.

Bennett's bond has been set at $250,000 cash and she is to make her first appearance in court Tuesday.

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