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Fitzpatrick Trial Update



Spencer, IA (KICD) -- A Spencer man charged in the fatal beating of another man has his trial continued.

Following a pretrial conference Tuesday in Clay County District Court the trial for 21-year-old Christopher Fitzpatrick has been moved to February 26th on charges of willful injury and robbery in the first degree. A pretrial conference on a charge of 1st degree murder has been scheduled for December 3rd.

The charges stem from an incident where 59-year old Edward Kitto was found beaten and unresponsive in the backyard of a Spencer home August 27th. Kitto then died on September 8th at a Sioux Falls Hospital.


21-year-old Cody Millard of Spencer faces a 1st degree murder charge in connection to this case.

Story Copyright KICD/KLLT 2012
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Locations : Spencer
People : Christopher FitzpatrickCody MillardEdward Kitto

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