FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) - A federal judge has ordered that a North Dakota man accused of sexually assaulting a woman who was later found dead must remain in custody for now.
Thirty-four-year-old Richmond White Eagle was charged Monday with felony sexual abuse of a person physically incapable of declining participation. He was arrested after the body of Jessie Manley was found outside an apartment complex in Fort Yates.
The Bismarck Tribune reports Assistant U.S. Attorney Gary Delorme argued Thursday in U.S. District Court that White Eagle has a history of substance abuse and failing to abide by court orders.
Defense attorney William Schmidt asked judge Charles Miller Junior to allow White Eagle to stay in a halfway house during court proceedings.
Miller said returning him to the community is "not an answer now."