WOOD COUNTY, OH (WTOL) - On Tuesday, Russell Adkins went before a judge once again for another pre-trial hearing. He's accused of killing Dana Rosendale back in 1982.
After a mistrial back in January, both the prosecution and the defense in the case have started going over what things they'll bring to the table the second time around.
Before the last trial, the defense filed a motion to exhume Rosendale's body for a second time and that motion was denied. But Tuesday, both sides agreed that this time it's necessary moving forward.
"We went back and looked at the strengths and weaknesses of our case that resulted in a hung jury and determined that of the things that we have versus the things that are missing from 1982, the body of Dana Rosendale is one of the things that we have access to. So anything to help the jury decide one way or the other, we're going to provide it," said Wood County prosecutor Paul Dobson.
The next pretrial hearing, before a trial date is scheduled, will be on March 24. That gives both sides the time to have the body exhumed with their experts present.
Stay with WTOL 11's Vanessa Fayz for the latest in this case.
