Man charged in mother s killing ordered to stand trial
Feb. 26, 2021
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) A man accused of stabbing his mother to death in Sioux City last year has been ordered to stand trial this year.
Paul Belk, 31, of Beaufort, South Carolina, was in court Friday for a status hearing, where a judge set his first-degree murder trial for April 20 in Woodbury County, the Sioux City Journal reported. His attorneys have filed notice that Belk will use an insanity defense.
In addition to murder, Belk also faces charges of willful injury and possession of a controlled substance for the April 14 stabbing death of 55-year-old Lisa Belk in her Sioux City home.
Man charged in mother s killing ordered to stand trial
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6 murders occurred in Sioux City in 2020, 2 of those cases remain open
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While arrests have been made in four of those murders, two of them remain open.
The first open case is the shooting death of 27-year-old Brian Henderson. He was shot Nov. 1 outside Club Esquire on West 7th Street. Henderson died three weeks later from injuries sustained in the shooting.
The second case is the killing of Pastor Daniel Harden. The pastor was found dead on Dec. 1 in the Park Place apartments on Douglas Street. Police say he had been dead for about a week and showed signs of blunt force trauma.