Arizona teen ordered to trial in rehab ranch worker’s death

PANGUITCH, Utah (AP) — A Utah judge has ordered an Arizona teenager accused of killing a counselor at a ranch for troubled teens to stand trial on murder and other charges.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Judge Marvin Bagley made the ruling following an evidence hearing on Thursday in the case of 17-year-old Clay Brewer of Snowflake, Arizona.
Prosecutors showed a video of Brewer talking to a deputy from a hospital bed in December. The recording shows Brewer saying he was going through withdrawal and feeling abandoned by his parents when he snapped and beat 61-year-old Jimmy Woolsey to death with a piece of rebar at the southern Utah ranch.
Brewer is also accused of attacking another worker who survived and leading police on a high-speed chase.
Brewer is expected to enter a plea on June 22.