Boy facing Neb. murder charge to get mental tests

GERING, Neb. (AP) - A mental health evaluation has been scheduled for a 15-year-old Wyoming boy charged with killing a Nebraska jail guard.

Television station KOTA says (https://bit.ly/1p9nmCd ) Dylan Cardeilhac will be taken to the Omaha suburb of Papillion (puh-PIHL’-yuhn) for the screening later this month.

Cardeilhac has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the slaying of 24-year-old Amanda Baker on Feb. 14. Authorities say he lured Baker into his jail cell and then pounced on her, strangling her from behind.

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Information from: KOTA, www.kotanow.com