DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — Both of the teenagers accused of stabbing Tyler Eubanks, 15, will be charged as adults, according to Macon County State's Attorney Scott Rueter.
One of the two 15-year-olds accused of stabbing Tyler Eubanks, 15, was arraigned and charged with murder this week. He'll be back in court early November. The other was arraigned last week and will return to court in December.
Both teens were arrested after Tyler was found dead in an abandoned building in the 400 block of W. Harrison Ave. on July 30. An autopsy found 23 individual stab wounds on Tyler's body on the back, head, and neck.
An inquest revealed that Tyler had been lured to the abandoned building by other teens, put into a chokehold, and then stabbed to death.
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Officers said there may have been an altercation between Tyler and the two suspects a week or so before the stabbing, but it is not clear at this time what that altercation was or what exactly led to the stabbing.
Despite being charged as adults, both teens are being held at the Peoria County Juvenile Detention Center.
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