(KLZA)--An October 24th preliminary hearing has been set for an Oregon, Missouri man charged in connection with a 1985 homicide.

The Mound City News reports the Holt County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Shepherd has filed a charge of 1st-degree murder against 62-year-old Kirby David in connection with murder of Peggy Horseman at the King Oil Station, in Mound City.

Horseman was the night clerk at the gas station when she was shot in the back of the head during the early morning hours of September 27, 1985.

David is currently serving a prison sentence with the Missouri Department of Corrections on a felony count of distribution of a controlled substance in a protected area.