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(KNZA)--The jury trial for one of two Hiawatha men charged in connection with the murder of a Nodaway, Iowa man in June has been pushed back.
39-year-old James Bost had originally been scheduled to go on trial this week in Adams County, Iowa District Court However, the Creston News Advertiser reports the trial has been postponed to April 19th.
The jury trial for co-defendant, 41-year-old Jon Rubendall, is scheduled to start March 2nd.
Both men are charged with first-degree murder and robbery in the first degree.
They were arrested June 26th in Hiawatha in connection with the execution style shooting death of 44-year-old Allen Pafford. His body was found June 20th with a bed sheet wrapped around his head and neck and a gunshot wound to the back of his head.
Authorities say the murder stemmed from a $3,000 drug debt.
Both Bost and Rubendall remain jailed, held on bond of $1 million each.
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