One of the teens charged with killing Fairfield teacher requests transfer to juvenile court

One of the teenagers accused of killing a Spanish teacher in Fairfield last month is asking to be transferred to juvenile court. Prosecutors are opposing Willard Miller’s request, arguing the murder of Nohema Graber was premeditated and that juvenile court won’t be enough to rehabilitate him.

Sixteen year olds Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale were both criminally charged as adults for their alleged role in the killing of 66-year-old Nohema Graber, whose body was found in Fairfield’s Chautauqua Park in early November.

Both face counts of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit a forcible felony, which the teens have pleaded not guilty to.

Graber taught Spanish at Fairfield High School, where the teens were students, and is being remembered as a devoted educator, mother and friend.

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