TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – A Toledo teenager accused of stomping a man to death will remain locked up at the Lucas County Juvenile Justice Center.

The prosecutor has filed paperwork to begin the process to have the teenager tried as an adult and this case has taken several twists and turns.

“You committed crimes for adults, so you should be punished to the fullest,” said the victim’s sister, Quillistine Brown.

Curtis Marshall’s family said what happened in their brother’s home makes no sense.

“I just had a funeral yesterday for my brother. They had many years left in their lives and they were taken from them. So I’m very very upset,” said his sister Sheronda Davis.

21-year-old Ronnie Kanavel and a 15-year-old are faces murder charges accused of stomping and punching Marshall.

It happened at the victim’s residence on Licking Street. The 15-year-old will remain locked up. The juvenile prosecutor has filed court papers to begin the process for the teenager to be tried as an adult.

“His lawyer asked the court for a competency hearing yesterday. She’s concerned about whether she’s competent to stand not just as an adult, but at all,” said Patricia Wardrop, Chief Assistant District Attorney Lucas Count, Juvenile Division.

A doctor will evaluate him and submit an opinion to the court. The victim’s family wants justice.

“If he is able to cut the monitor off his leg. He is able to make all these other choices and commit crimes and other things in life. He made decisions. He knew what he was doing. He is not incompetent. He is competent and should be tried as an adult,” Davis said

Police said the teenager was with Ronnie Kanavel when he attacked Marshall.

Emotions are very high in this case.

The the victim’s son was arrested a few days later his father’s death because he allegedly threatened to kill the family members of a man suspected of killing his father.

According to court records, Demarcus Marshall Sr. was seen behind the family’s home pointing the gun at the residence.

He was stopped by police as he was leaving the area and a gun was found inside his car.

“Everything he did was hurt. He is not a bad person. He was just someone who was broken because he lost his father. I know for sure he would never hurt them like that. You committed crimes for adults, so you should be punished to the fullest,” Davis said.

Ronnie Kanavel will face a judge on Friday.

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