Reno County District Judge Trish Rose agreed to let the state amend the complaint against a Hutchinson man suspected in the murder of Jennifer Heckel.

The state is being allowed to add an additional charge of aggravated intimidation of a witness against Charles Logsdon stating that on April 19, he allegedly threatened another inmate in the county jail from testifying against him. Matthew Mounce is apparently listed as a states witness and while in the recreation area of the Reno County jail, Logsdon accused Mounce of being a “snitch” and indicated that he may be “harmed or killed” for his statements to police or testimony he might give in the murder case.

Judge Rose set a date of May 31 for a preliminary hearing on the new charge which is required before the state can proceed with the prosecution at trial on that count.

It was back on March 13, that Mounce was interviewed by Senior Special Agent Jeff Newsum with the KBI regarding statements Logsdon allegedly made in relation to the Heckel murder. He told the investigator that Logsdon had made a number of incriminating statements about the murder.

Logsdon along with co-defendant Billy Craig, Jr., are charged with the murder of Jennifer Heckel last summer. Other charges include conspiracy to commit first degree murder, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Both men await a jury trial in separate courts over the killing.