Connecticut teen to stand trial for prep school athlete's murder that has 'shaken' parents, schools: attorney
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Connecticut teen faces trial for the murder of James McGrath, a Fairfield Prep student, after a house party stabbing incident involving underage drinking.
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Raul Eliah Valle of Milford, who was 16 at the time of the stabbing, has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of first-degree assault for allegedly stabbing McGrath and others. Valle attended St. Joseph High School in Trumbull near Fairfield Prep, where McGrath was a junior. Fox News Digital has reached out to Valle's attorney, Kevin Smith, for comment.
"Unfortunately, in the suburbs of big cities, house parties are very common, and kids will be kids, but certainly, a murder case like this is very unusual," Connecticut criminal defense attorney Mark Sherman told Fox News Digital. "I'm a little bit biased, but I think it's fair to say there probably wasn't an intent to kill in a case like this. There … certainly might've been an intent to engage in a fight or to scare, to use weapons, but it's hard to believe … that there was an intent to kill."
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