JANESVILLE — An Evansville man arrested in connection with the April 6 shooting death of a 14-year-old Evansville girl waived a preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty to multiple charges Monday in Rock County Circuit Court.
No date has been set for a jury trial.
Hunter Drefahl, 26, of Evansville, has been charged with one count of second-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of 16, one count of sexual exploitation of a child, and five counts of possession of child pornography.
A second person charged in connection with the teen’s death had been scheduled to appear in court on Monday. However, a preliminary for Alyssa Ahrens, 20, of Evansville, was rescheduled to Tuesday, April 29 at 3 p.m.
Ahrens was charged with one count of second-degree sexual assault of a child under age 16, one count of sexual exploitation of a child, three counts of possession of child pornography and one count of possession of methamphetamine.
Both remain in custody in the Rock County Jail with bond set but not posted.
Hunter J. Drefahl
According to court records, a $750,000 cash bond was set for Drefahl and a $500,000 cash bond was set for Ahrens.
According to a criminal complaint filed April 8 in Rock County Circuit Court, the victim, who was not named in the criminal complaint, was treated at Mercy Hospital in Janesville for a gunshot wound to the head and then transferred to UW Hospital in Madison, where she died.
Alyssa A. Ahrens
A GoFundMe page set up after the shooting by a family friend identified the 14-year-old as Florencia Henthorn of Evansville.
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