MARINETTE, WI— A teen boy has pleaded “not guilty” in Marinette County Circuit Court in the drowning death of 13-year-old Jakob Bowerman in August.
Peyton Carnot, 16, was arraigned on a charge of second-degree reckless homicide, as party to a crime on Wednesday. He claims it was 21-year-old Tylor Birch’s idea to throw Jakob into the Menominee River on August 20, knowing Jakob couldn’t swim. Carnot is being charged as an adult.
A psychiatric exam found Birch—who is charged with second-degree reckless homicide—is not competent to stand trial. It found he could regain competency through treatment, which will take place in jail.
