The Associated Press
BURLINGTON - A pretrial hearing for the man accused of fatally stabbing two children and wounding their mother and sister in Gallatin County has been postponed.
Tuesday, Boone County Circuit Court Judge Jay Bamberger rescheduled the hearing for Marco Allen Chapman for Feb. 6.
Chapman is charged with two counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count each of rape, burglary and robbery in the August 2002 knife attack at the Warsaw home of Carolyn Marksberry.
Marksberry's children, Cody Sharon, 6, and Chelbi Sharon, 7, were killed. Marksberry and a daughter, Courtney Sharon, 10, suffered stab wounds.
Bamberger is retiring Jan. 5, and wants to decide whether to keep the case before he hears any evidence, said Commonwealth's Attorney Linda Tally Smith.
Bamberger could still preside over the case since he will take senior status after retirement.
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