GERING, Neb. (AP) — The attorney for a Wyoming teenager accused of attacking a western Nebraska jailer says his client didn’t intend for the woman to die.

During his opening statement on Monday, Todd Lancaster said Dylan Cardeilhac, of Torrington, Wyoming, wanted to steal keys from 24-year-old Amanda Baker and escape from the Scotts Bluff County Jail in Gering. Baker died two days after she was attacked in Cardeilhac’s cell on Feb. 14. He was 15 at the time.

Scotts Bluff County Attorney Doug Warner told the jury that some inmates will testify that Cardeilhac and other inmates had been planning to attack and disable a jailer and that the talks included killing one.

Testimony is continuing Tuesday. Cardeilhac faces life imprisonment if convicted.