A Yacolt man accused of poisoning and shooting his girlfriend in November pleaded not guilty Wednesday to an attempted murder charge.
Following an evaluation that found him mentally competent to proceed to trial, Michael T. Boswell, 29, was arraigned on Wednesday. Trial was set for July 16.
He is accused of trying to kill Jessica Fix, 25, because he was upset that she met a new man at the Portland strip club where she works, according to court documents. Sheriff’s investigators allege he first prepared her a cup of peppermint tea that may have been laced with toxic levels of acetaminophen and then shot her in the head as she slept the morning of Nov. 14.
The shooting occurred at the Yacolt home Boswell shared with Fix and her parents.
Fix, 25, managed to drive herself to the Battle Ground Fred Meyer, where she met friends who took her to the hospital.