PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Superior Court Judge Simon Barnhart granted a continuance in the trial for Tina Marie Alcorn, the woman charged with second-degree murder in the 2016 death of master woodcarver George Cecil David.
Defense attorney John Hayden said Friday he needed more time to review discovery before the Aug. 11 trial date.
The State Patrol Crime Lab is conducting additional tests on biological samples that had been collected during the original investigation into David’s death.
Attorney John Hillman with the state Attorney General’s Office agreed to the motion.
Barnhart set a status hearing for Aug. 1, when a new trial date will be determined.
Alcorn, 54, was extradited from Arkansas in June and taken to Clallam County Jail, where she remains on $1 million bond.
The Attorney General’s Office is prosecuting the case at the request of the Clallam County Prosecutor’s Office.
Alcorn’s is the first case charged by the Attorney General’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Cold Case Unit since it was established in 2023.
David was a Neah Bay resident and a member of Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations on Vancouver Island. He was visiting Port Angeles when his body was found at a friend’s apartment where he had been staying.
The case initially was investigated by the Port Angeles Police Department, which requested the assistance of the MMIWP cold case unit.
Alcorn had been identified as a primary suspect and arrested in 2016, but charges weren’t filed.
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