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Readiness hearing moved to May
DAVENPORT — A resolution in the first-degree murder case of Charles R. Bergman is “close,” defense attorney Dave Hearrean told presiding Judge Jeffrey S. Barkdull at a brief court appearance Tuesday, March 21.
Bergman’s trial is currently scheduled for May 17, but discussion Tuesday indicated a resolution is likely before the case goes to trial.
Hearrean did note that if “something goes sour” in resolution negotiations, the defense will go forward with a trial.
He then requested that Bergman’s readiness hearing be continued to April 25, which prosecuting attorney Adam Walser had no objection to.
Due to a schedule conflict, Barkdull pushed the hearing a week later to May 2.
The 54-year-old Bergman of Moses Lake is charged with first-degree murder.
He is accused of killing his wife, Theresa Bergman, with a shovel about 10 miles north of Sprague in Sept. 2022.
Theresa Bergman’s body was found by a local farmer near Stolp Road Thursday, Sept. 22.
Charles Bergman has been housed in Lincoln County Jail since he was extradited from a Pennsylvania jail in December.
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Davenport Times. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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