A 45-year-old Lincoln man accused of killing his roommate in May pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder Wednesday.
Trenton Reiner appeared by video from the jail for the arraignment.
Retired Lancaster County District Judge Karen Flowers said she believed he would be tentatively set for District Judge Robert Otte's October jury term.
Reiner is accused of killing Robert Leazer, 35, sometime between May 8 and May 26. Police say Leazer died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head.
The two had been roommates at the Contempo Lincoln Mobile Home Park.
On May 26, police responded to a disturbance call after neighbors spotted Reiner breaking the windows to his 2007 Chrysler around 12:30 p.m. An officer who went inside his home smelled decomposition and found Leazer’s body in a bedroom.
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If convicted, Reiner would face a life sentence.