A man accused of killing his parents at their Dallas farm in an apparent robbery attempt last year has been scheduled for trial in 2012.
Andrew Thomas Jondle, 20, is scheduled for trial on accusations of aggravated murder and other charges beginning Jan. 31, 2012.
Polk County District Attorney Stan Butterfield has said he will seek the death penalty in the case. Aggravated murder is the only conviction punishable by death in Oregon.
Jondle is accused in the Aug. 31 slayings of his parents, David Scott Jondle, 61, and Marilyn Jondle, 58. The couple was found dead at their farm, 16055 Gilliam Road, about three miles south of Dallas.
David Jondle died from multiple stab wounds from a scythe, and Marilyn Jondle died from blunt-force trauma from a metal pipe, according to autopsies.
A co-defendant in the case, Cindy Lou Beck, 47, has been scheduled for trial Nov. 15, Butterfield said.
Beck also faces charges of aggravated murder. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty in her case because “Beck’s alleged involvement in the murders is more attenuated than that of (Andrew) Jondle,” Butterfield wrote in an e-mail to the Statesman Journal.
According to investigation documents, Andrew Jondle and his girlfriend, Beck, sought to rob his parents by stealing money and credit cards and also wanted to inherit the family farm.
Abundant Life Farm was started by David and Marilyn Jondle, who moved to the Mid-Valley in 2000. They farmed based on sustainable agricultural practices and produced poultry, eggs, pork, beef and lamb without antibiotics or hormones.
Andrew Jondle and Beck also have court hearings scheduled for Feb. 23.
Jondle is scheduled to appear for a status check; Beck’s appearance is a bail hearing.
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