Next up for Odom: Trial
Ryan Collingwood Staff Writer | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 years, 8 months AGO
COEUR d'ALENE — After nearly three months of mental health treatment, Kyle Odom is ready to stand trial.
The 30-year-old man accused of shooting Pastor Tim Remington eight times in a church parking lot last year had his probable cause hearing waived Friday by his attorney.
Odom, who was re-booked into Kootenai County jail on March 8 after being admitted to a south Idaho mental health hospital last December, now awaits his arraignment in district court.
"We're marching right along," Kootenai County Prosecutor Jed Whitaker said.
Odom, an ex-Marine, was charged with aggravated battery for the March 3, 2016, crime and could spend as many as 30 years in prison.
Though Odom was originally charged with attempted murder, prosecutors amended his charges to aggravated battery. Prosecutors also attached a felony deadly weapons enhancement to the charge. Both charges carry 15-year maximums.
In December, Judge Tim Van Valin put a hold on future hearings in the case until Odom received treatment from a state-run facility. Although Odom wasn't ruled mentally impaired per previous evaluations, it was found he wasn't able to provide his attorneys with adequate information to ensure he received an adequate legal defense.
In his written manifesto, Odom said life was ruined by "an intelligent species of amphibian-humanoid from Mars."
Following the shooting in the parking lot of The Altar, Odom drove to Spokane before heading south to Boise. On March 7, he boarded a commercial flight from Boise to Washington, D.C., and was seen throwing flash drives and other items over the White House fence prior to being arrested by Secret Service agents.
Odom signed a waiver of extradition in Washington, D.C., on April 6, and was escorted to Kootenai County by the U.S. Marshals Service. He was booked into the Kootenai County jail on May 6 and was held on a $500,000 bond.
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