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Wyoming teen, 14, was stabbed to death in April outside a busy shopping mall, allegedly by two 15-year-olds, Dominique Harris and Jarreth Plunkett, who were following his girlfriend.
Both Harris and Plunkett are being tried as adults, and at a preliminary hearing this week Harris pleaded not guilty to a number of charges including conspiracy to murder.
The court heard how Harris and Plunkett allegedly targeted Maher after he caught them exiting a portable toilet together the week before the murder, where he branded them 'freaks.'
When they set upon him at the mall, Harris allegedly slammed Maher to the ground and held him there while Plunkett used a stolen Target kitchen knife to stab him to death.
Bobby's grisly death sparked widespread outrage and shocked the town of Casper, Wyoming, where vigils and tributes have remembered him for months.
The middle schooler reportedly knew both of his alleged killers, and prosecutors say that the crime was triggered by the incident at a park the week before where Bobby called them 'freaks.'
The teen's girlfriend then called him when she visited the Eastridge Mall in early April to allegedly warn him that Harris and Plunkett were following her around.
Bobby raced to the mall to help her, where - according to preliminary hearings for the suspects - reported video footage showed Harris and Plunkett wearing masks and confronting the teen at the entrance to the mall.
After the two suspects allegedly pulled out the stolen Target knives, Bobby was heard telling them it 'wasn't fair' and that he didn't want to fight.
Court records claimed Harris then grappled with the 14-year
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