Amanda Donna Bennett and co-defendant Sebastian Dowell are charged with luring Root to Krug Park, rendering her unconscious, and then stabbing her to death. Her body was found by a runner along a trail at the park October 16.
Associate Circuit Judge Rebecca Spencer bound Bennett over for trial in circuit court.
Bennett and Dowell are charged with second degree murder. Judge Spencer scheduled Bennett’s arraignment January 23 before Judge Patrick Robb. Bennett remains in custody, unable to post a quarter million dollars bail.
Dowell is being held without bail awaiting his next court appearance in February.