GRAND FORKS - A rural Manvel man accused of killing his brother pleaded not guilty to a murder charge Monday in state District Court.
Rodney Chisholm, 45, is set for a pretrial hearing Nov. 4 in Grand Forks.
According to a court filing, Chisholm told investigators he killed his 59-year-old brother, Donald, on or about June 24 by either hitting him in the head with a metal pipe, strangling him or a combination of the two.
Chisholm told the Grand Forks Herald his actions were in self-defense after his brother, a farmer from Manvel, swung at him with a metal pipe. The brothers were reportedly in a dispute over a plot of family-owned land near Mekinock.
During Monday's hearing, Chisholm also pleaded not guilty to five theft charges against him.
