SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Friday afternoon, an aggravated assault case turned into a murder investigation in Sioux Falls.
We first told you about 59-year-old John Mitchell last week, at the time he was accused of beating a woman so badly that she was hospitalized in critical condition.
Investigators were unable to talk to the victim because she was in a coma.
While she was still conscious, the affidavit says she told her children that Mitchell had strangled her and threatened to kill her.
Friday an updated complaint was filed in the case. Mitchell is now charged with premeditated first-degree murder.
