GRAND FORKS — A Grand Forks man will stand trial for murder Tuesday, Aug. 19.

Donald Joseph "DJ" Bartlette, 46, faces up to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole if found guilty of Class AA felony murder.

Bartlette was charged last October, days after 49-year-old Anthony "Tony" James Kiehl was found unresponsive in his apartment. An affidavit filed in the case said Kiehl sustained multiple injuries to his head and face and wasn't breathing. He was pronounced dead at Altru Hospital.

Some of the information that linked Bartlette to the death, according to court documents, included surveillance footage of the apartment building that showed him entering and exiting Kiehl's residence earlier that evening, as well as a witness statement that Bartlette said he'd gotten into a f

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