Christopher Swykert and attorney Bill Deatherage appeared virtually before Trigg County Circuit Court Judge C.A. Woodall Wednesday.
Deatherage said they are getting close to a resolution with Commonwealth’s Attorney Carrie Ovey-Wiggins.
Swykert is out on bond and must stay in Trigg County through the rest of his court proceedings.
Swykert was charged with murder and DUI after state police said he was southbound on The Trace on June 20. They said he failed to navigate a curve and ran off the road, with the vehicle overturning and crashing into a tree.
Police said 19-year-old Harry Daniel Kincaid of Houston was killed in the crash. Kincaid was a soldier stationed at Fort Campbell.
Christopher Swykert
A bond hearing was held Friday afternoon in the case of a Texas man charged with the murder of a former Fort Campbell soldier in Trigg County.
Christopher Swykert appeared virtually with defense attorney Bill Deatherage before Trigg Circuit Court Judge C.A. Woodall Friday afternoon.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Carrie Ovey-Wiggins tells the News Edge the defendant asked for a bond reduction.
Swykert is lodged in the Christian County Jail under a $1 million bond.
Swygert is charged with murder and DUI after state police said he was southbound on The Trace on June 20, 2020, failed to navigate a curve, and ran off the road. Swykert’s vehicle overturned and crashed into a tree.
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