The two men charged in the death of Payton Vertz will return to court this morning.
26-year-old Dominic Pilgreen and 15-year-old Nathan Reichard are scheduled to be back in court for preliminary hearings. Both are facing charges of 1st-degree intentional homicide after Vetrz’ body was found in Seagull Marina in Two Rivers.
Pilgreen also faces charges of child abuse-intentionally causing harm, hiding a corpse, theft of movable property from a corpse, and false imprisonment.
Reichard also faces charges of false imprisonment, hiding a corpse, substantial battery, and theft of movable property from a corpse.
A criminal complaint alleges that once they got Vertz intoxicated, they attempted to tie the 16-year-old to a tree.
Payton would escape multiple times before being beaten to death by Reichard and Pilgreen.
Reichard also claimed he’d wanted to kill someone when interviewed by police.
