(KNZA)--The preliminary hearing for a Holton man facing a charge of attempted first-degree murder has been postponed.

Jackson County Attorney Shawna Miller tells MSC News that the hearing for 30-year-old Pedro Juarez-Alonzo was continued Thursday to March 11th.

Juarez-Alonzo is charged with seven counts in connection with a domestic incident on February 8th at a Holton residence involving an alleged attempted strangulation.  The victim sustained non-life threatening injuries.

Beside the attempted murder charge, Juarez-Alonzo is also charged with rape, aggravated battery, two counts of criminal threat, aggravated endangering a child and domestic battery.

He remains in the Jackson County Jail, held on a $200,000 bond.