A preliminary hearing scheduled this week for a Cameron man charged with murdering his wife has been put off until next month.

Clinton County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Gagnon requested and was granted a continuance in the case of Adam Baker. Mr. Baker is charged with Second Degree Murder and Armed Criminal Action in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife Holly Baker in February.

 

The case was delayed earlier when the judge in the case recused herself. Several weeks later, Carroll County Associate Judge Kevin L. Walden was named by the Supreme Court of Missouri to hear the case. Judge Walden scheduled the hearing for April 1, but the case has now been pushed back to may 11.

According to a release from the Cameron Police Department, Clinton County deputies and officers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a disturbance call at the couple’s home. When officers arrived they found the victim dead in the home and took her husband into custody.

Mr. Baker is being held under $75,000 cash bond.