PORT ANGELES — A woman charged with first-degree rendering criminal assistance for her role in the death of Jennifer Pimentel will not go to trial as scheduled Dec. 19 because a sheriff’s deputy who investigated the case will not be available to testify.
Clallam County Superior Court Judge Ken Williams on Thursday set a status hearing to reset Kendell K. Huether’s trial, which was originally scheduled for Dec. 1.
“There should be some additional information for you and your attorney to discuss between now and then,” Williams told Huether, 25..
Huether is accused of standing by as her boyfriend, Kevin A. Bradfield, strangled Pimentel, a 27-year-old developmentally disabled woman, on Oct. 9.
Police allege that Huether helped Bradfield dispose of the body in a wooded area near the Hood Canal Bridge in East Jefferson County.
Bradfield, 22, is charged with second-degree murder.
He is being held in the Clallam County jail on $1 million bond.
Bradfield’s trial is scheduled for Dec. 5. A pretrial hearing is set for today at 1:30 p.m.
Huether remained in custody Thursday on $100,000 bail.