The man charged in connection with the March 2022 death of an infant was arraigned in Christian Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon.
Alexander Heck is charged with first-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence and is represented by defense attorney Michael Thompson, who entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf and says he intends to file a bond motion soon.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Rick Boling says it’s likely that a new commonwealth’s attorney won’t be appointed and ready to serve on cases until about March 15, so a pretrial hearing was set for March 22.
The indictment alleges he “wantonly engaged in conduct” that led to the victim’s death on March 1 of last year. Heck is also accused of tampering with evidence by concealing, removing or altering evidence that he believed was about to be used in an official proceeding.