(Radio Iowa) – The attorney representing the man accused of killing a Fort Dodge pastor last fall is requesting a change of venue for the trial.  Thirty-six-year-old Joshua Pendleton of Fort Dodge is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 64-year-old Allen Henderson on October 2nd, 2019 outside St. Paul Lutheran Church where Henderson served as pastor. The defense argued in part that the court should grant a change of venue in the case because the degree of prejudice in Webster County creates a substantial likelihood that the defendant cannot obtain a fair and impartial trial.

Court documents filed Monday show the prosecution does not resist the change of venue request and the parties have agreed upon Scott County as the venue. A trial date has yet to be set.