BOTTINEAU, N.D. - Bond has been set at $750,000 for an 18-year-old Bottineau man charged with fatally shooting two fellow employees at a north-central North Dakota hog farm.
Jeremy Rodriguez Rios appeared Thursday in Bottineau County District Court, where he was charged with two counts of felony murder in the deaths of 37-year-old Brian Story and 50-year-old Christopher Sluder, both of Bottineau.
All three worked at Turtle Mountain Pork, a commercial hog operation near Souris in Bottineau County. Sluder managed the business.
Investigators say Rodriguez Rios admitted to shooting the two men with a handgun on Tuesday and throwing the gun in the sewage pit below the hog barns.
Rodriguez Rios, who had no attorney as of Friday, is scheduled to appear in court April 17.
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A memorial service for Sluder will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at United Parish, Bottineau.
A funeral for Story will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Bottineau. Visitation will be from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau.
