Owen Backus appears in Brown County court, March 7, 2024. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The suspect in a west-side murder was ordered Thursday to stand trial.
Owen Backus, 45, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide for the Dec. 9 murder of Michael Hubbard, 30, at a Western Avenue home.
After testimony from a Green Bay police detective, the court commissioner ordered Backus to stand trial. An arraignment date was not immediately set, as the defense asked for a substitution of the judge assigned to the case.
According to the criminal complaint, Backus returned home and found Hubbard in the residence. Backus and Hubbard argued about Hubbard rearranging the house, taking things off the walls, and painting. Backus took a shower, and while there, he was attacked by Hubbard with a wrench, and the two began to fight. Hubbard was hit in the head with a glass pitcher, hog-tied, then choked with a cable.
“Backus indicated his actions were in self-defense, he did not want to kill anyone, and he was protecting his home,” the complaint states.
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