ND - Dean Neiderklopfer, 25, killed in altercation, Williston, 8 Aug 2014

[Jacie Estes]

Kyle Siler was charged Saturday with aggravated assault in the beating of Dean Neiderklopfer in the early Friday morning hours in the oil boomtown of Williston, according to court documents. Police said Neiderklopfer is at Minot’s Trinity Hospital and was expected to be declared brain-dead.

Jessica Gibson, who traveled with Siler and was believed to be his girlfriend, was charged with hindering law enforcement, according to court documents.

A police affidavit said witnesses told officers that they saw Siler striking Neiderklopfer with a closed fist. Video footage seen by authorities showed Siler preparing to strike Neiderklopfer and returning to the video rubbing his hand. Witnesses told police Siler was “strutting and smirking” after the incident.

The video seen by police also showed Gibson recording the incident on her

cellphone, according to the affidavit.

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[OkieGranny]

http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/news-crime/3635144-man-enters-not-guilty-plea-murder-charge

The California man charged in the death of a 25-year-old man outside a downtown strip club pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in Williams County Court here Monday.

Kyle Siler’s original charge of aggravated assault was amended to murder, a Class AA felony, for allegedly punching Dean Neiderklopfer in the head in front of Whispers in the early hours of Aug. 8.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.kxnet.com/story/28132287/kyle-siler-pleads-to-lesser-charge-in-niederklopfer-death

A man accused of murder in the death of another man outside a Williston strip club last year has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.

29-year-old Kyle Siler entered his guilty plea in Northwest District Court in Williston this morning. But rather than the Class Double-A charge of Murder, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, he admitted to Manslaughter - a Class B Felony with a maximum sentence of ten years.

Judge Joshua Rustad ordered a pre-sentence investigation.