Apple River stabbing trial: How to watch Nicolae Miu's trial
SOMERSET, Wis. (FOX 9) - The man accused of fatally stabbing a teenager and injuring four others while tubing on the Apple River in Wisconsin is headed to trial on April 1.
Nicolae Miu, 54, is facing charges of first-degree intentional homicide for the death of 17-year-old Isaac Schuman and multiple counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide for his alleged role in the stabbings on July 30, 2022.
The trial of Miu, a mechanical engineer from Prior Lake, Minnesota, is scheduled to begin in St. Croix County Court on April 1. You can watch our gavel-to-gavel coverage in the player above, on fox9.com and FOX 9’s YouTube channel,
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According to court records, the stabbing took place on the Apple River near the Sunrise Bridge in Somerset, Wisconsin, which allegedly started after Miu was apparently looking for a friend's cell phone in the river but was confronted by tubers who said he was acting sketchy.
The encounter escalated, and he apparently punched a female on the left side of her face before Miu was punched, eventually leading to the stabbing.
Witnesses began calling 911 at 3:47 p.m. on July 30, which indicated there were potentially four or five victims with wounds to the mid to upper body.
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A 24-year-old woman from Burnsville, Minnesota, a 20-year-old and 22-year-old man from Luck, Wisconsin, and a 22-year-old man from Elk River, Minnesota, were injured in the attack. But, 17-year-old Schuman died from his injuries.
According to the criminal complaint, Miu claimed the attack was self-defense. He said he was "so fearful" for his safety, adding he wasn't sure what the people in the river were going to do to him, and "everything happened so fast."