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SALT LAKE CITY — The trial for a man accused of killing his girlfriend as a teenager has been pushed to next year.
Now 18, Christopher Bagshaw appeared briefly in court Friday for a scheduling hearing where his attorneys asked, as a newly acquired interview is reviewed and expert witnesses are consulted, that a jury trial scheduled for November be moved to next March.
Bagshaw told 3rd District Judge James Blanch that he was willing to waive his right to a speedy trial as his attorneys prepare his defense.
Bagshaw was 14 in 2012 when he allegedly brutally beat his 15-year-old Riverton girlfriend, Anne Kasprzak, to death, dumping her body in the Jordan River. He was charged last October in juvenile court with murder and obstruction of justice, and was later certified to stand trial as an adult on the murder charge.
In May, a juvenile district court judge dismissed the obstruction charge, clearing the way for the then-17-year-old to face the murder charge.
Having turned 18 while in custody, Bagshaw is now housed in an adult correctional facility.
Christopher Bown, Bagshaw's attorney, told the judge that, barring dramatic complications or developments, the case will be ready for the trial scheduled to begin March 7.
While prosecutors noted that the Kasprzak family is also entitled to have the case heard in a timely manner, they did not object to the extension.