SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - Another trial date has been set for a man accused of killing his former girlfriend in a Sioux City hotel room and setting it aflame.
Woodbury County court records say Jordan Henry, 29, has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and arson. The new starting date for his nonjury trial is April 7. His earlier dates were July 9 and Sept. 17 last year.
Police have said an autopsy showed 40-year-old Elizabeth Bockholt, of Hinton, was strangled. Firefighters found her unresponsive Jan. 24 last year in a Wingate Hotel room, and she was pronounced dead later at a hospital.
A court document says he was identified on surveillance video and by witnesses who saw him leaving the area just after the room fire was discovered.
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