A tape-recorded and hand-written confession by the suspect in the shooting death of an Ashdown businessman will be admitted as evidence during the June 16-17 trial in the Little River County Circuit Court, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Ninth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Ted Capeheart made the ruling during a pretrial hearing to consider the confession and a motion by defense attorney Bill McLean of El Dorado, Ark., to suppress the evidence.

McLean was appointed to represent Victor Threadgill, 33, of Ashdown, who is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooti...

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