REDDING, Calif. (AP) — An Oregon man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he attacked his aunt and uncle with a knife at their Northern California home, leaving the aunt dead and the uncle severely wounded.
A public defender entered the plea Tuesday on behalf of 30-year-old Cody William Nash of Hillsboro.
He appeared in Shasta County Superior Court in Redding, Calif. The Redding Record Searchlight (http://bit.ly/LCivWF) reports that Nash is charged with murder in the June 8 death of 66-year-old Candace Renae Watson and attempted murder for the attack on her husband, 68-year-old Bob Watson.
According to Redding police, Nash told investigators he attacked the couple to give himself the energy to commit suicide.
