Owen Backus. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Owen Backus’s trial started Monday for allegedly killing Michael Hubbard at a west-side home in December, 2023.
Backus, 46, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide the incident at a Western Avenue home. A five-day trial is planned.
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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