Overview
- At a Feb. 19 appearance, Clayton Dietz waived his preliminary hearing, advancing the case to the Perry County Court of Common Pleas.
- Dietz is charged as an adult with criminal homicide in the January shooting of his adoptive father, Douglas Dietz, and bail was denied.
- According to the affidavit, investigators say the boy found keys while searching for a confiscated Nintendo Switch, retrieved a revolver from a safe, loaded it, and shot his sleeping father.
- Court records cited in local reports note the child told his mother and troopers "I killed Daddy" and said he was angry and did not think about the consequences.
- Defense attorney Dave Wilson says he will seek to transfer the case to juvenile court, and no trial date has been set.