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A trial date has again been set for Jason Davidson, 33, of Leesburg, who is charged with the May 2 murder of 30-year-old Samuel Creekmore of Warsaw.
Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Rex Reed on Monday scheduled the matter for a six-day trial commencing at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 2 before 12 regular and two alternate jurors.
A final pretrial conference will be held at 1 p.m. Aug. 4.
Davidson was to go before a jury for a five-day trial beginning Monday, but Reed agreed in March to continue the matter.
Davidson is accused of murder in the shooting death of Creekmore, who was the current husband of Davidson's ex-wife. Creekmore suffered five gunshot wounds, three of which were to the head and two to the midsection of the torso, after Davidson allegedly entered Creekmore's Melody Acres home.
Davidson reportedly was on the telephone talking with his former wife, Alicia Davidson-Creekmore, when he allegedly told her to "hang on for a second."
Davidson-Creekmore was upstairs in the residence and told police she heard a door open and heard Creekmore screaming before she and Christina Barden, who also lived in the house, ran downstairs. They allegedly saw Davidson holding a gun before he fled from the home.
Davidson was arrested and charged with Creekmore's murder shortly after the shooting occurred. He also faces a firearms enhancement charge, which will add time to any prison sentence Davidson receives if convicted of the crime. A murder conviction is punishable by 45 to 65 years in prison.
The defense attorney in the case, Michael Miner of Warsaw, is pursuing an insanity defense in the case.
Davidson is being held without bond in the Kosciusko County Jail.
