Trial pushed back in Minot murder case
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Published: Mar. 28, 2023 at 6:05 PM CDT
MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – The trial date for a woman from Minot Air Force Base accused of fatally shooting a man in an apparent child custody dispute has been rescheduled.
Prosecutors charged 25-year-old Heather Hoffman with murder in the April 2022 shooting death of 22-year-old Alexander Eckert.
Hoffman was supposed to stand trial April 24, but it’s now been changed to June 26.
She remains in custody on a half-million-dollar bond.
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