FAIRBURY, Neb. (AP) – Trial has been delayed for 54-year-old
Susan DeJong, a Jefferson County woman accused of
murdering her husband.
Prosecutors had asked for the continuance Thursday afternoon
because evidence is still being processed by a crime lab. Jefferson
County Attorney Linda Bauer says she’s concerned that the evidence
wouldn’t be returned to her office until too near the original
trial date of Aug. 29.
The new trial date is Sept. 19.
DeJong has pleaded not guilty in the beating death of
52-year-old Thomas DeJong, formerly of Alexandria, S.D.
Rescue squad members called to the DeJong residence west of
Fairbury on March 11 found Thomas DeJong, who was severely beaten
on the head, torso and limbs. He was pronounced dead later at a
Lincoln hospital.