A judge in Knox County found a teenager charged with murder competent to stand trial.

Deven Young was 17 years old when police say he killed Sunshine Stewart in Union last summer. Young, now 18, is still considered a juvenile by the court. Prosecutors are pursuing a bind-over hearing that would allow him to be tried as an adult.

Judge Eric Walker wrote in an order on Wednesday that, in making his ruling, he considered an 18-page report from a doctor. Walker wrote that the report is sealed.

Walker, who didn’t detail any of that report in his order, wrote that he found Young “has a rational, as well as a factual, understanding of the proceedings and a sufficient present ability” to consult and understand his attorneys.

Walker’s ruling was first reported Thursday by the Midcoast Villager.

Young’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request to discuss the ruling on Thursday, and a spokesperson for the Office of the Maine Attorney General said prosecutors could not comment. The office generally does not comment on pending litigation.

Many of the court records in the case remain sealed under juvenile privacy laws.

Stewart, 48, was reported missing after she did not return from paddleboarding on Crawford Pond in Knox County on July 2.

Unsealed records from the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office detailed earlier incidents in which Young had been getting into fights with others. Those records also showed Young had spent three years on a waitlist for behavioral health services.