Barton County Circuit Court online records indicate the trial will start sometime between July 1, 2015, and October 1, 2015.
Whether the trial will be held in Lamar is another matter. A change of venue hearing has been scheduled for 2 p.m. June 19.
Barton County Prosecuting Attorney Steven Kaderly is seeking the death penalty for Bourne.
Kaderly filed the notice Jan. 23, starting a furious few days of action in the case. With the death penalty on the table due to the aggravating circumstances surrounding Adriaunna Horton's death, public defender Joseph Zuzul withdrew as Bourne's attorney and was replaced by Thomas Jaquinot, a public defender who specializes in death penalty cases.
Bourne is serving a 15-year sentence, which was handed down by a Cedar County judge after Bourne admitted he had violated his probation by not attending a court-ordered Batterer Intervention Program.
Bourne is charged with first degree murder, statutory rape, and kidnapping in connection with the August 19 death of Miss Horton. A charge of forcible rape was dropped.
Kaderly is being assisted by the Missouri Attorney General's office.
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