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Trial date pushed back in homicide case involving Eureka man

by SCOTT SHINDLEDECKER
The Western News | November 28, 2023 7:00 AM

The trial of a Eureka man accused of killing his father may not begin for several months.

That was the general thought following a hearing on Nov. 13 in Lincoln County District Court for twenty-five-year-old Joshua Joseph Sauls. Sauls is facing a charge of deliberate homicide in the death of his father, John Lewis Sauls, on May 31, 2022. Sauls pleaded not guilty to the offense during a court hearing earlier this year.

Montana Assistant Attorney General Thorin Geist, who is the prosecutor, said he expected to call about 15 or 16 witnesses to testify and that five days would be sufficient to put on his case.

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