The trial has been reset for a 17-year-old charged in the slaying of John Versypt, the landlord of an Iowa City apartment complex, for Sept. 20, according to court documents. According the documents, the parties decided to move the trial during a telephone conference on April 1.

Charles William Curtis Thompson was charged in the October 2009 shooting death of Versypt, who was said to be checking up on one of his apartment buildings on Broadway. Police believe Thompson, who came to Iowa City from Holland, Mich., in the summer of 2008, planned to rob Versypt.

A pretrial conference is scheduled for Sept. 9. A status conference for the case is scheduled for July 30.

— by Sam Lane