The three suspects in the 2011 Park Hill homicide of Mark Arballo had their trial setting continued Thursday until Jan. 24, according to court records.
They are set to have the trial date scheduled later this month after the delay Thursday. That trial setting is now set for 9 a.m. Jan. 24 in courtroom 101 before Judge Steven Sanders.
The three suspects who remain in adult court were bound over for trial in November for the January 2011 slaying.
Conrad Copado, Ray Gonzales and Isaiah Mendoza face adult homicide charges.
They face respective allegations of first-degree murder along with other gang-related felonies. Due to their ages at the time of the murder and other circumstances for each suspect, potential exposure varies from 35 years to life in prison to life without parole. All three suspects are county residents.
Three other prior defendants are no longer in adult court – two had those charges dismissed in July after respective interviews with police. Those juvenile cases and their records are no longer open to public access. Five of the six initial suspects facing charges were juveniles at the time of the Jan. 4, 2011 beating of Arballo on Park Hill. Copado, 21 at the time, was the only adult suspect.
Arballo, 39 at the time, sustained major injuries to his head and died in a hospital about a month after the assault. Authorities alleged it was a gang-related homicide and retaliation against Arballo for being a witness to another crime.
