Judge Rules 10-Year-Old Girl Incompetent in Baby Death

Judge Rules 10-Year-Old Girl Incompetent in Baby Death
A statue of the goddess of Justice balancing the scales at Rennes' courthouse on Sept. 19, 2017. Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images
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CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.—A judge in western Wisconsin on Tuesday, March 5, found a 10-year-old girl incompetent to stand trial on charges she killed a 6-month-old baby in her care last year.

Dunn County Judge James Peterson’s ruling means the homicide case against the girl will be suspended indefinitely.