Teen charged in Prince McCree's death headed to trial
WAUWATOSA, Wis. - The teen charged in the homicide of 5-year-old Prince McCree appeared in court at the Youth and Family Justice Center in Wauwatosa on Monday, March 4.
16-year-old Erik Mondoza was in juvenile court but is being charged as an adult. On Monday, testimony was heard in a preliminary hearing. Multiple detectives and a Milwaukee police officer took the stand.
In the end, online court records show there was reasonable inference as to the cause of death in the McCree case – and the court bound Mendoza over for trial.
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Mendoza is one of two people charged with torturing McCree in the basement of his home. It ultimately killed McCree.
Prince McCree homicide, Milwaukee man's trial date scheduled
The trial for a Milwaukee man accused in the death of 5-year-old Prince McCree, whose body was found in a dumpster, has been scheduled for June.
Then, prosecutors say Mendoza and 27-year-old David Pietura wrapped his body in a garbage bag and put him in a dumpster on the north side of Milwaukee.
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Attorneys say Mendoza confessed to police and was caught on surveillance carrying and hiding the body.