The death of a Bismarck man in early January brought murder and conspiracy charges against two people one of them the deceased manâs wife in a case that investigators say was part of the pairâs plan to cash in on an insurance policy.
Itâs one of three homicides investigated by Bismarck-Mandan law enforcement in 2020. Those three cases and the investigation into the death of a man in south Bismarck remain open at the end of the year.
Authorities on Jan. 2 found Chad Entzel, 42, in the bedroom of a home on 43rd Avenue Northeast, outside Bismarck city limits. An autopsy showed he died of gunshot wounds.
The state has filed motions to dismiss attempted murder-related charges against four men accused in a July 3 stabbing in Mandan allegedly tied to outlaw motorcycle gangs.
Attorneys for two of the suspects say their clients are relieved. The man who was stabbed calls the development pretty depressing, because he says that even though his wounds have healed some emotional scars remain. They tried to kill me. That s all there is to it, said 34-year-old Joel Kraft. You don t stab somebody eight times without trying to kill him.
Assistant Attorney General Britta Demello Rice on Friday filed motions to dismiss charges of conspiring to commit murder and participating in a criminal street gang against Nash Wollan, 48, of Williston; Girard Glaser, 49, of Mandan; Nicholas Kinsella-Greff, 28, of Mandan; and Edward Nuckols, 32, of Bismarck.