TOWN OF PIEHL, Wis. (AP) — A teenager accused of killing her mother and stepfather in northern Wisconsin is due in court.
Seventeen-year-old Ashlee Martinson has been brought back to Wisconsin from Indiana where she was arrested last month. Authorities say Martinson is scheduled for a Friday afternoon appearance in Oneida County Circuit Court.
Martinson is charged with fatally stabbing 40-year-old Jennifer Ayers and shooting 37-year-old Thomas Ayers on March 8 at the family’s home in the Town of Piehl.
Martinson and Ayers were former Hays residents. Ayers grew up in Hays and graduated from Hays High School in 1992. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Fort Hays State University and worked as a certified nurse’s assistant.
Besides being charged as an adult with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, Martinson also faces three counts of false imprisonment. Prosecutors say she locked her three younger sisters, ages 2, 8 and 9, in a room before fleeing to Indiana with a 22-year-old man.
Investigators say the man was not involved in the crime.
Hays Post contributed to this report.