A Pottawattamie County man facing a first degree murder charge is set to appear in court early this afternoon, for his arraignment hearing. The hearing for 63-year old Robert Arthur Reynolds, Jr., is set to begin at 1:30-p.m. in Pottawattamie County District Court.  His jury trial is scheduled to start July 1st.

Reynolds Jr., is accused of fatally shooting 64-year old rural Cass County resident Patricia Kinkade-Dorsey during the early morning hours of April 8th. The incident occurred in Reynolds’ Oakland home.
Reynolds later admitted to authorities he had a verbal confrontation with Kinkade-Dorsey and later to shooting the unarmed woman multiple times, causing her death.