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The first degree murder trial of Jacob Seelinger of Decorah might not be held in December

Posted: Tue, Nov 20, 2018 4:29 PM

17-year-old Jacob Seelinger of Decorah faces one count of first degree murder and one count of causing willful injury in connection with the August 31st death of 46-year-old Dave Hansen of Decorah.

Hansen was the victim July 12th of what police officers described as a "brutal" beating at his home in Freeport.  Seelinger and another Decorah resident, Dalton Adam, were taken into custody in July and charged with attempted murder--charges which were changed to first degree murder after Hansen died.

A pretrial conference in Seelinger's case had been scheduled for Tuesday, with a trial on December 12th.  But Seelinger's attorney now has filed a motion for a continuance in the case.  No ruling has been made yet on the motion, so the date of Seelinger's murder trial is uncertain.