(KNZA)-- A Holton man will stand trial on charge of attempted first-degree murder.
Jackson County Attorney Shawna Miller says for 30-year-old Manual Juarez-Benito was bound over to Jackson County District Court Thursday following his preliminary hearing.
Arraignment was scheduled for June 27th.
Juarez-Benito was arrested February 9th at a Holton residence after officers responded to a domestic incident involving an alleged attempted strangulation. The victim sustained non-life threatening injuries.
Besides the attempted murder charge, Juarez-Benito is also charged with rape, aggravated battery, two counts of criminal threat, aggravated endangering a child, domestic battery and obstruction of official duty.
He remains in the Jackson County Jail on a $200,000 bond.








