Teen hauled strangled friend's body in wagon

A Wisconsin teenager will be tried as an adult after he allegedly teamed up with an older accomplice to torture and murder another teenager.

Charged with first-degree murder

Dominic Pilgreen, 26, and Nathan Reichard, 15, are both charged with being a party to first-degree intentional homicide, physical abuse of a child, hiding a corpse, theft from a corpse and false imprisonment.

Payton reported missing

Payton was last seen by his family on Oct. 5 but was reported as a runaway because he had left home before and returned days later.

Body found in marina

On Oct. 16, Payton's body was found floating in a marina in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

Student claims Reichard said he killed Payton

A student who attended Two Rivers High School approached police and told them Reichard had asked if he knew Payton. When the witness said he did, Reichard allegedly said, 'He's dead. I killed him.'

“He's dead. I killed him.”

Reichard's hand bruised

The witness told police that Reichard's hand was 'bruised.'

Student dated Payton

A female student who said she had dated Payton when they were in middle school told detectives Reichard seemed 'angry' with Payton.

Reichard said 'it's happening'

Around the time Payton was reported to have run away, Reichard told her, 'It's happening.'

“It's happening.”

Reichard told student 'it's done'

Police said Reichard later went to the girl's house in the middle of the night and told her, 'It's done.'

“It's done.”

Reichard claimed to have killed Payton

According to the complaint, Reichard told the girl that he and Pilgreen had tied Payton to a tree, killed him, then dumped his body in the river and burned his clothing.

Reichard and Pilgreen met at encampment

On Oct. 4, Reichard and the female student visited Pilgreen at an encampment in Zander Park, where he was living, and allegedly decided that Payton 'needed to be killed.'

Pilgreen bought alcohol for Payton

According to the complaint, Pilgreen purchased vodka and beer that he and Reichard planned to give to Payton to get him intoxicated 'for the purpose of killing' him.

Reichard convinced Payton to go with them

Reichard reportedly convinced Payton to go with him to Zander Park.

Payton tied to tree

Once Payton was intoxicated, Pilgreen and Reichard convinced the teen to come with them down the Ice Age Trail at the park. Payton willingly followed them, and Pilgreen and Reichard allegedly started beating him.

Payton beaten and tied

After Payton resisted, Pilgreen and Reichard allegedly tied him to a tree and continued their attack, which included whipping Payton with his own belt.

Plan to torture for days

Pilgreen allegedly told police that he and Reichard originally planned to keep Payton tied to a tree for two or three days 'to continue torturing him and make him suffer longer' before killing him.

Reichard worried about escape

Police said Reichard told them that he and Pilgreen were concerned that Payton might escape, saying he was 'paranoid about the quality of his knots.'

Decided to kill immediately

The two then allegedly decided 'alright fine we will just get it done and over with tonight,' according to the complaint.

“alright fine we will just get it done and over with tonight”

Payton strangled to death

Police said Pilgreen ultimately used Payton's belt to strangle him to death.

Body covered in red towel

The pair allegedly removed Payton's clothing, except for his boxer shorts, loaded his body into a wagon and covered it with a red towel.