A Warren County jury trial that had been set for March 24 is now off the docket, clearing the spring calendar in a closely watched homicide case. The defendant, 28-year-old David Proffitt, is accused of the 2023 killing of 22-year-old Alexandra Hemmann and faces a slate of felony charges. With the March week no longer in play, prosecutors and the defense will now search for a new trial window.
Warren Circuit Judge Chris Cohron told attorneys Monday that the March 24 date is no longer available and said he will call another pretrial conference to handle any motions ahead of trial, according to Bowling Green Daily News. That March setting had already been pushed back from an earlier proposal for September 2025 after a prosecution witness could not appear.
Charges and timeline
Proffitt is under indictment on counts that include murder, first-degree strangulation, abuse of a corpse, theft by unlawful taking, and three counts of second-degree forgery, according to WBKO. The indictment alleges Hemmann was killed on or about Aug. 4, 2023, and that her body was discovered eight days later after friends asked police to conduct a welfare check. Proffitt has entered a not guilty plea and remains in custody while pretrial work continues.
Scheduling snag and next steps
During Monday’s hearing, Commonwealth’s Attorney Kori Beck Bumgarner told Cohron that she and Proffitt’s court-appointed lawyer, Jeb Dennis, would coordinate to identify a new trial date, Bowling Green Daily News reported. Cohron said he will set another pretrial conference where any pending motions can be argued. That session is expected to help determine when a Warren County jury will ultimately be called to hear the case.
How investigators tracked him
Investigators used license-plate-reader cameras to follow Hemmann’s vehicle to Fishers, Indiana, where authorities located Proffitt at a Topgolf facility, according to WRTV. Court testimony and earlier reporting state that Hemmann’s phone was recovered from a hotel in the Indianapolis area and that credit and debit cards in her name were found in Proffitt’s possession, per WBKO. Detectives have also testified that messages sent from Hemmann’s account while she was missing factored into the investigative timeline.
Legal outlook
The charges Proffitt faces sit among Kentucky’s most serious offenses and can bring sentences that range from decades in prison to life behind bars, depending on what a jury finds and how any statutory aggravators apply. Kentucky law classifies murder as a capital offense, with sentencing structures and procedures defined in state statutes and case law, as reflected in Justia. As motions and pretrial hearings play out, those legal boundaries will frame what prosecutors ask for and what the defense challenges.
For now, the case has no firm trial date. Court staff is expected to update the docket once Cohron sets the next pretrial conference and both sides report back on potential dates. Local outlets have followed the indictment and earlier pretrial settings, including the initial post-indictment conferences, WNKY reported. This story will be updated when the court posts a new schedule.
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