Seth Wakefield
RHINELANDER, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – A Rhinelander man charged as being an accomplice in Hannah Miller’s murder will stand trial.
Oneida County judge ruled on Thursday that Seth Wakefield, 25, was competent for the case against him to proceed.
Wakefield is charged with one count of party to a crime first-degree intentional homicide in Miller’s death on June 30, which prosecutors say he helped Christopher Anderson plan. According to court records, Wakefield, a friend of Anderson’s, was aware for weeks that Anderson planned to kill Miller and her parents, and then abduct the child he shared with Miller.
Anderson asked Wakefield to conduct surveillance of Miller’s apartment on at least two occasions, so Anderson would know if she was home, records show. When asked if he thought he should tell authorities of the plan to kill Miller, Wakefield reportedly told officers he didn’t think he should and that it wasn’t any of his business.
Court records show Anderson shot and killed Miller in late June, leaving her body on the side of the road in rural Oneida County.
Wakefield is being held on a $250,000 cash bond.
His next hearing is set for December 13.
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