Teen Charged with Second Degree Murder for the Stabbing Death of a 13 Year-Old in Powell to be Tried as Adult
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Teen Charged with Second Degree Murder for the Stabbing Death of a 13 Year-Old in Powell to be Tried as Adult

There is an update and the murder case of a 13-year-old girl in Powell.

Prosecutors say the 15-year-old suspect Malakiah Harris could be tried as an adult during a preliminary hearing yesterday (Wed). Steps are in motion to transfer him to adult court.

Judge Tim Irwin says this could take a while, Harrris will appear in court again next year in January.

He is accused of stabbing a 13 year-old girl to death in Broadacres Subdivision on October 22nd.

Harris’s is charged with second degree murder.

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