SOMERSET, Wis — Nearly a week after a Wisconsin circuit court jury convicted a 54-year-old man in the killing of a high school student and stabbing four other people tubing on the Apple River, a sentencing date has been set.
Court records show that Nicolae Miu, of Prior Lake, has his sentencing hearing scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, in front of Judge R. Michael Waterman.
On Thursday, April 11, jurors found Miu guilty of one count of first-degree reckless homicide in the death of Isaac Schuman.
They also found him guilty of four counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety while using a weapon in the stabbings of A.J. Martin, Dante Carlson, Tony Carlson and Ryhley Mattison.
Miu was also found guilty of battery for punching Madison Coen in the face during their encounter on the river.
Wisconsin statute calls for a recommended sentence of up to 60 years for first-degree reckless homicide.
St. Croix County District Attorney Karl Anderson says the first-degree reckless endangerment charges each carry a sentence of 7.5 years behind bars plus another five of supervision.
The sentencing hearing is expected to be live-streamed, with the prosecution and the defense team arguing over how long Miu should be sent to prison.
The Apple River tubing stabbing on July 30, 2022, grabbed national headlines and hundreds of thousands of people viewed his eight-day trial.
Schuman, 17, was going into his senior year at Stillwater High School when he was killed two years ago.
His family described him as an honor roll student with an "infectiously positive aura," and capacity to lift others up around him.
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