Questions persist about teen murder suspect

A judge's decision on whether to try a 16-year-old boy as an adult on charges he killed a man with a baseball bat became more complicated yesterday.

A three-person panel from the state's Department of Juvenile Services was split on its recommendation to Circuit Court Judge William C. Mulford II. Earlier this year, the panel voted 2-1 in favor of seeing Christian John Schellenschlager Jr. tried as an adult on second-degree murder charges in the April 29 killing of 49-year-old Brian Michael Myers.

But yesterday, one of those on the panel withdrew her vote.

Kate Weisiger, a DJS research coordinator, said she...