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Plea hearing set for Maine teen accused in grandmother's death

Dominic Sylvester was initially charged as a juvenile. But a judge has since ruled Sylvester will be tried as an adult on a charge of depraved indifference murder.

BATH, Maine — A change-of-plea hearing is scheduled this week for a Maine teenager acused of killing his grandmother.

 Dominic Sylvester was 16 when he called 911 to report that his maternal grandmother, guardian and adoptive mother, 55-year-old Beulah “Marie” Sylvester, was unconscious on Feb. 26, 2018, in the Bowdoinham mobile home they shared. 

He later told detectives that he'd hit his grandmother on the head with a stick. 

Sylvester was initially charged as a juvenile. But a judge has since ruled Sylvester will be tried as an adult on a charge of depraved indifference murder, which carries a sentence of 25 years to life.

Sylvester's hearing is scheduled for Tuesday.

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