PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) - Kitsap County prosecutors expect the trial to proceed for a 17-year-old boy accused of killing a 6-year-old Bremerton girl.
Senior Deputy Prosecutor Kelly Montgomery said Wednesday that lawyers for Gabriel Gaeta are expected to agree he is competent to stand trial.
The Kitsap Sun (https://bit.ly/ZOTqQT ) reports Gaeta retains the right to say he is not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the crime.
Gaeta is expected to plead not guilty to aggravated rape and murder charges at an Oct. 31 court hearing. If convicted he would be sentenced to life in prison.
Gaeta was arrested Aug. 9, nearly a week after Jenise Wright disappeared in the east Bremerton neighborhood. Her body was found in a muddy bog near her home.
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Information from: Kitsap Sun, https://www.kitsapsun.com/
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