16-year-old indicted in 2024 Providence murder

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A grand jury handed up an indictment charging a 16-year-old with first-degree murder and other new charges related to the death of a Providence teenager last February.

Target 12 reported last month that a family court judge ruled the suspect, Je’Zare Benton, can be tried as an adult in the murder of Emil Rodriguez.

Rodriguez was the city’s first of 11 homicides in 2024…

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