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Teen charged in killing of Traverse City girl, 16

A teenager who police said told them he killed a 16-year-old Traverse City girl has been charged with murder. Robert Schwander, 17, was arraigned Thursday in a Grand Traverse County court on a first-degree murder charge in the death of Carly Lewis. He's charged as an adult. He entered a not guilty plea. Bond was denied. A preliminary hearing is June 27. Police believe Schwander, the son of a sheriff's deputy, killed Lewis on June 2 in a vacant building and moved her body to a sand pile at a public works site two days later.
AP Wire
Traverse City
Jun 16, 2011

Defense attorney Clarence Gomery said Schwander has called it an accident and is upset.

Lewis disappeared after leaving a friend’s home, sparking a search of Traverse City and nearby communities in the northwestern Lower Peninsula.
 

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