MADISONVILLE-It has been a year and a half since Ralph Hunt allegedly killed a man while reportedly in the process of stealing his car. Now Hunt will spend at least another four months in jail.

Hunt was scheduled to go on trial Wednesday in the 2011 killing of Gerald Strickland, but it was called off after the state couldn't get the medical examiner in court. The trial was postponed in May after a detective couldn't make it due to a family illness.

Judge Amy Reedy wasn't happy with the state, saying they should have called and made sure everybody was on board instead of sending out subpoenas and hoping everybody got them.

Hunt's attorney asked that his bond be lowered from $1,253,000 to $250,000, but Reedy denied the request.

See full story in the Sunday, Oct. 28, edition of The Advocate & Democrat.