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Teen Murder Suspect To Be Tried As Adult

Columbus Division of Police

The teen suspect in the murder of a local handyman will be tried as an adult.  A judge has transferred the case of 19-year-old Jafet Medrano out of juvenile court after finding probable cause that he killed 49-year-old William Keen.  Prosecutors say Medrano shot and killed Keen during an attempted robbery last year in Prairie Township in 2014. Medrano is being held on 250 thousand dollars bond. A co-defendant, 20-year-old Bryan Mathews, is scheduled for trail in February.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.