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Associated Press - October 19, 2009 12:34 PM ET
CLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) - A trial date has been set in Coahoma County Circuit Court for a man charged with capital murder in the death of his former girlfriend and with kidnapping and child abuse of the couple's then 3-year-old son.
Prosecutors tell The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson that the trial is set for Nov. 9 in Clarksdale.
Fred Lenard Jr. was indicted last December.
Prosecutors say the body of 27-year-old Katrina Dumas was found April 25, 2008, in a grassy area surrounding a cemetery. They say Dumas died as a result of strangulation and blunt force trauma to the head.
The 3-year-old was found by authorities lying in a wooded area near Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Information from: The Clarion-Ledger, http://www.clarionledger.com
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