16-year-old Florida boy charged as an adult in ex-girlfriend’s death

RIDGE MANOR, Fla. – The 16-year-old accused of killing a teen girl and leaving her body in a Hernando County nature preserve has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge.

The Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office announced the indictment against Cameron Cubel, 16, on Wednesday. Prosecutors said Cubel is also now being charged as an adult.

According to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, the girl’s body was found around 9:35 a.m. on March 27 by a passerby near Cypress Lake Preserve, about 15 miles south of Sumter County.

Officials said the girl had left her home around 1:30 a.m. that day and was killed with an “edged weapon.”

Investigators said the victim was Cubel’s ex-girlfriend.

If convicted, Cubel faces the potential for a life sentence, according to prosecutors.

Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis joined state Attorney William Gladson for the news conference.