MARINETTE, Wis. (WBAY) - A 21-year-old man is now formally charged in the drowning death of a 13-year-old boy in Marinette.

Tylor Robert Birch is charged with second-degree reckless homicide for the death of 13-year-old Jakob Bowerman.

On August 20, officers, EMS, and the Marinette Fire Department responded to a distress call at Menekaunee Harbor Boat Launch in Marinette. Jakob was found unresponsive in the water.

According to the criminal complaint, Birch and another teen, identified as P.C. in the complaint, initially claimed Jakob voluntarily jumped into the water along with them.

However, after police investigators noted it was strange that Jakob willingly jumped into the water while fully clothed, the complaint said Tylor and P.C. later admitted to throwing him in during horseplay

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