For at least the sixth time, Philip Brewer and Christina Hardy’s defense attorneys have issued motions for omnibus pre-trial hearing continuances since the defendants pleaded not guilty in the homicide of Mercer Island resident Curtis Engeland in March of 2024.

Their latest hearings were scheduled for Sept. 25 in King County Superior Court in Seattle and the judge allowed them to now be set for Nov. 6 (Hardy) and Nov. 16 (Brewer), according to court documents. Their trial dates are now scheduled for Dec. 18.

According to Casey McNerthney, director of communications of the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, reasons for continuances include the scheduling of witness interviews, witness availability at trial, the ongoing discovery process, processing test results from the State Patr

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