Plunkett case to be set for trial

Sandra Plunkett, the Holts Summit woman charged with the Jan. 1, 2011, shooting death of her husband should soon have a trial date.

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Rebekah Digiacomo and Chad Rhodes

Callaway County Prosecuting Attorney Chris Wilson said Monday that Callaway County Circuit Court Judge Gary M. Oxenhandler ordered Wilson and Public Defender Justin Carver to send him "a three-to-five-day window in time to have a trial."

"It will probably be December of this year or January of next year depending on his schedule and the schedules of the attorneys," Wilson said.

Plunkett, 38, is accused of fatally shooting her husband, retired 52-year-old Jefferson City police officer Paul Plunkett.

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