Special Judge Fran Gull of Allen County, who is overseeing the case of the man accused of killing teenagers Libby German and Abby Williams in 2017, has indicated that the trial will likely be delayed due to the large number of documents that the state must provide to the defense under discovery.

The defense attorney in the case has acknowledged that they will not be ready to go to trial in late March as originally scheduled.

The judge will take up the issue of delaying the trial during a bond hearing set for Feb. 17.