MOSCOW, Idaho — An Idaho judge ruled Thursday there is sufficient evidence to bring a 29-year-old man to trial on three counts of first-degree murder in the Jan. 10 shooting deaths of his adoptive mother, his landlord and a restaurant manager in the north Idaho community of Moscow.
Killed were Terri Grzebielski, 61; David Trail, 76, and an Arby’s manager, 47-year-old Belinda Niebuhr.
John Lee of Moscow is also charged with aggravated battery in the wounding of a Seattle man, Michael Chin, who is still recovering from his wounds.
The prosecution offered some of its evidence against Lee at a Latah County District Court preliminary hearing, the Lewiston Tribune reported. Lee’s lawyer, Charles Kovis, questioned witnesses as well.
Survivor Chin told the court he had been visiting his insurance agent, Trail, when a man entered the office, pulled out a gun and shot Trail four to six times.
