Preliminary hearing set in strangulation death case

A judge will decide later this month whether the boyfriend of an Arkansas woman should stand trial for her strangulation death at a downtown Poplar Bluff, Missouri, apartment building.

Accompanied by his attorney, Ted Liszewski of the public defender's office, Jeremy Allen Winkle appeared Monday before Associate Circuit Judge John Bloodworth for a preliminary hearing on the felony first-degree murder charges.

The 29-year-old, who has addresses in Paragould, Arkansas, and Senath, Missouri, is accused of the May 19 death of Tiffani Noles, 28, of Paragould.

During Monday afternoon's hearing, Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Ted Thompson presented testimony from two witnesses and asked that the record be left open, so he could present additional testimony from two more witnesses.

Winkle's preliminary hearing is set to resume at 1 p.m. Aug. 25.