RAPID CITY, S.D. – Duane Sierra, 22, was back in court on Thursday, April 18, accused of the murder of Serena Ann Spider in May of 2023.
Sierra is being charged with alternative counts of first and second-degree murder.
Spider was found in the grass between LaCrosse Street and Brennan Avenue with a gunshot wound and later died at the hospital.
Sierra is now scheduled for an evidence hearing on April 30.
He’s set to go to trial starting May 13.
Sierra faces a mandatory life sentence if he’s convicted on one of the murder charges.