PORT ANGELES — A plea offer is on the table for a Sequim man accused of beating a Joyce woman to death with a car jack last September.
Ari Lee King, 42, is charged with second-degree murder for the death of Diane Cunningham, 65.
His trial is scheduled for Nov. 16.
King remained Sunday in the Clallam County jail on $1 million bail.
Clallam County Chief Criminal Deputy Michele Devlin said Friday that she does not expect a response on the plea offer until the results of a psychological examination become available.
A pre-trial status conference scheduled for Friday was moved to Sept. 18.
“We still have some additional lab testing being done,” Devlin said in a later interview.
Delays with DNA testing at a State Patrol crime laboratory scratched previous trial dates of Jan. 5, May 4 and July 13.
Defense attorney Loren Oakley of Clallam Public Defender told Superior Court Judge Erik Rohrer last week that he was still waiting for the results of psychological tests on King, Devlin said.
If the case goes to a jury, the trial is expected to take one week.
Cunningham was last seen Sept. 28, 2014, on surveillance footage from 7 Cedars Casino and the Port Angeles Walmart.
She was accompanied by King.
Her body was found in the bedroom of her home Oct. 6.
An autopsy showed that Cunningham died of blunt force trauma to the head.
King was arrested in Malheur County, Ore., last Nov. 13.
He was transferred the next day to the Clallam County jail.
