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Hearing in Loretta Saunders murder case adjourned until Feb. 25

THE CANADIAN PRESS Published Thursday, February 12, 2015 12:10PM AST Last Updated Thursday, February 12, 2015 1:03PM AST

Loretta Saunders was studying missing and murdered indigenous women before she disappeared.

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HALIFAX -- A pre-trial hearing in Halifax to determine the admissibility of evidence in the homicide case of Loretta Saunders has been adjourned until Feb. 25.

Blake Leggette and Victoria Henneberry are both charged with first-degree murder and their four-week jury trial is scheduled to start April 20 in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.

Henneberry's lawyer has put forth a motion to have the two accused tried separately, a move Leggette's lawyer supports.

But the Crown opposes that motion and Judge Josh Arnold has yet to rule on it.

The 26-year-old Saunders was found dead in a wooded area off the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick two weeks after she disappeared from her Halifax apartment a year ago.

The evidence presented at the pre-trial hearing is banned from publication.