Howard’s murder trial to stay here

A Jamestown man’s murder trial scheduled for August will remain in Stutsman County, according to court documents. Leron Lee Howard, 34, has pleaded not guilty to murder and criminal conspiracy in the death of Abdi Ali Ahmed, 18, Jamestown. Ahmed’s body was found April 30, 2011, in a road ditch near Spiritwood, N.D. He had been killed by blunt trauma to the head and also suffered stab wounds to the abdomen.

By: Keith Norman, The Jamestown Sun