Spokanite’s Calif. murder trial delayed, again

The second murder trial for a former Spokane photographer accused of killing his wife in California more than 25 years ago has been postponed again.

William G. Mordick, 64, is now scheduled to stand trial in September for the 1983 killing of his wife, Katherine Mordick.

Mordick was arrested in Spokane on Feb. 11, 2008, and has been in custody in Orange County, Calif., since. His wife was found dead with her throat slashed in the couple’s Anaheim Hills home on Jan. 22, 1983.

A jury couldn’t reach a verdict after his first trial last fall.

Mordick’s second trial was to begin last week after being delayed at least once, but his next court appearance is now set for Sept. 1.

Mordick owned and operated Photography by Gregory in Spokane beginning in the early 1990s. He remains in the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange County.

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