By Jim Measel May 14, 2021 | 12:41 PM COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) â Due to the large amount of evidence and reports that are not available yet in connection with a case in which the defendant is facing 11 charges, Branch County District Court hearings for 42-year-old Daniel Gerard Silich of Sturgis have been delayed until June. Among the charges Silich is facing is second degree murder in connection with a hit and run crash which led to the death of 13-year-old Landen Risner. He was among three children who were struck April 5 while they were riding their bikes in the area of Ralston and Arney Roads near their Sherwood Township home.