December trial date in case of slain DC journalist
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Source: United States News
Originally published: Mar 25, 2013 - 7:15 am
Originally published: Mar 25, 2013 - 7:15 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Washington, D.C., judge has set a December trial date for a German man charged with killing his elderly wife.
Albrecht Muth was originally scheduled to stand trial beginning Monday, but a judge postponed it because Muth has grown increasingly weak from months of starvation. He remains hospitalized.
Superior Court Judge Russell Canan didn't set a new trial date at a hearing last week. Online court records show he later scheduled the trial for Dec. 2.
It's not clear whether the 48-year-old Muth will be deemed well enough to attend the trial by that point. He is charged in the August 2011 killing of 91-year-old Viola Drath, a German journalist and socialite. He has denied any role in her death.
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