RHINELANDER, WI (WTAQ) – A 17-year-old girl now claims she was insane when she allegedly killed her parents, locked her sisters in a room, and drove off with her boyfriend.
Ashlee Martinson of Three Lakes pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease Monday.
A court-appointed psychologist will now evaluate Martinson, and a status conference September 28th could determine the next step in her case.
Authorities said Martinson stabbed her mother Jennifer Ayres and shot her step-father Thomas Ayres on March 8th at the family home. She then reportedly locked her three younger sisters in a room before taking off with 22-year-old Ryan Sisco.
They were captured the same day about 25 miles north of Indianapolis on Interstate 65.
Sisco was given a deferred prosecution agreement. His charge of having sex with a minor will be dropped if he follows the state’s conditions.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
