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Ninth District Judge David Hermerding denied all motions in the omnibus hearing for Joshua Karjala Dec. 17 â accused of murder in Aitkin County.
A plea hearing for Karjala has been scheduled for Jan. 7. No more information about the plea hearing was available as of press deadline. A request for information from Karjalaâs defense attorney Steven Bergeson was not answered.
Karjala has been charged with murder in the second degree, and second-degree murder without intent following the death of Michelle Mae, a 35-year-old from Outing.
Karjalaâs defense team had requested motions to both suppress a statement made to police, and to dismiss the case in its entirety.