A hearing is scheduled this week for a Niles teenager accused of murdering his elderly neighbor.

A pre-trial hearing is set for Wednesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court for 17-year-old Jacob Larosa.

Larosa was only 15-years-old when he was charged with the beating death of 94-year-old Marie Belcastro on March 31, 2015.

Investigators say they found liquor bottles missing from Belcastro's home, and video surveillance shows a man they believe to be Larosa carrying liquor bottles through the neighborhood.

Although Larosa was a juvenile at the time of the crime, he is scheduled to go on trial as an adult in March on charges of aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery and attempted rape.

The Ohio Supreme Court has refused to reverse the lower court's decision to try Larosa as an adult.

However, the Supreme Court ruled that the decision could be appealed after Larosa's trial.

Larosa's lawyer has filed a motion for Judge Wyatt McKay to determine whether or not Larosa is competent to stand trial.