Blosser is mentally fit to stand trial in teen murder case

- Lyndsey Brennan

A psychological evaluation has found 18-year-old Zachary Blosser competent to stand trial in the death of his girlfriend, Kaylee Freitag, who was shot to death in Nelson Township in March.

Freitag, 17, and Blosser had been alone in the basement of Freitag’s relative’s home in Nelson Township when she was shot in the mouth with a single bullet. Blosser told people at the scene the gun went off by accident. Prosecutors say Blosser shot her.

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