JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri judge is to consider whether a 15-year-old accused of killing 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten should be prosecuted as an adult.
A hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday to determine how to handle the suspect. The 15-year-old is accused of first-degree murder but has not been identified because she has been held in Missouri's juvenile justice system.
Ten factors are used to decide how to treat juveniles accused of crimes. They include the seriousness of the allegations and whether violence was involved.
Law officers say the teen led them to Elizabeth's body in a wooded area west of Jefferson City in St. Martins. Hundreds of people had searched for Elizabeth after she did not return home from a neighbor's house on Oct. 21.
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