ELDORA, Iowa [KCCI-TV] – Two people are now facing criminal charges more than a year after a 13-year-old girl was shot and killed in Eldora. Keeley Baer died April 14, 2024, after she was shot by a 12-year-old boy. Hardin County authorities at the time told KCCI the boy was taken into custody and the matter was being handled in juvenile court.

The boy obtained a pistol and shot Baer, which investigators say was accidental and the two children were friends. Now, two adults are facing charges connected to the fatal shooting. James Charles Ainsco, 42, and Robin Louise Raper, 35, were both taken into custody in Hardin County and are being held at the county jail.

Both Ainsco and Raper are listed as a “parent, guardian, or person having custody or control over a child” in court documents. Criminal complaints allege they knowingly left a loaded and unsecured firearm accessible in the home.

They are each charged with involuntary manslaughter, child endangerment causing death and making firearms available to a minor.