Months after a Wisconsin teenager with autism drowned after he was allegedly thrown off a pier, prosecutors announced that another teenager will be charged as an adult in connection with the incident.

Jakob Bowerman, 13, died on Aug. 23 , days after he was allegedly thrown into a body of water from the Government Pier in Marinette, Wisconsin. Marinette County prosecutors alleged that two others, a 16-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man, grabbed Bowerman by his feet and hands and swung him into the water. Tylor Birch, 21, was arrested and charged with reckless homicide days after Bowerman's death, and prosecutors stated that 16-year-old Peyton Carnot will also face charges as an adult .

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