6/25/14 - The exams scheduled for two men charged in separate Livingston County murders have been adjourned. 25-year-old Anthony Sean Duke, who is pictured at right, was to appear Tuesday morning for a preliminary examination exam conference in front of 53rd District Court Judge Carol Sue Reader. It was adjourned until July 1st at the request of his new attorney, after Dukeâs original defense counsel requested to withdraw due to a conflict of interest. He was charged last week with first-degree murder in the December 2011 shooting death of Ronald Hauser in his Iosco Township home. Authorities say Duke killed the 47-year-old Hauser in the course of a home invasion or larceny. Meanwhile, 25-year-old Nicholas Allen Foerster was also scheduled for a preliminary exam before Judge Reader Tuesday, but it was adjourned to July 8th. Foerster is charged with 1st degree murder in the strangulation death of his sister-in-law, 23-year-old Rachelle Lynn Wood, who was found dead in the bathtub of her Green Oak Township apartment on June 16th. If convicted, both men mandatory sentences of life in prison without parole. (JM)
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