Bond set for 3 charged in connection with homicide

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bond has been set for three people charged in connection with a man's death in Mandan in October.

The bond was set at $10,000 cash or surety for 34-year-old Christopher Vernon and 10 percent of $15,000 for 26-year-old Joseph Houle. They face reckless endangerment charges in the death of 30-year-old Derek Oshkeshequoam (awsh-KEESH’-kuh-wawm) of Bismarck

Authorities say two men brought Oshkeshequoam to the hospital in a wheelchair on Oct. 28 and then left. Oshkeshequoam had head injuries and was unable to speak, and later died from the injuries

Twenty-three-year-old Colten Towry was charged Friday with felony manslaughter in Oshkeshequoam's death for allegedly “striking the blow that led to his death.”

Towry's bond was set at 10 percent of $5,000 on Tuesday.

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