ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Trial for an Aberdeen man accused of stabbing a woman to death is being moved out of Brown County and delayed.

The American News reports that Judge Scott Myren granted a change-of-venue motion from defense attorneys for 34-year-old John Hemminger.

Hemminger's attorneys worried about the ability to seat an unbiased jury, based on questionnaires of potential jurors.

Hemminger was to stand trial in Aberdeen beginning next week. A new location and date for the trial wasn't immediately set. Myren said the earliest trial date likely would be in September.

Hemminger is charged with murder in the death of 26-year-old Jessica Goebel, who died after being stabbed in January 2015.

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