Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004 | 9:43 a.m.
A 19-year-old Las Vegas woman accused of killing an Applebee's restaurant manager in a late-night robbery last year won't be tried until Dec. 19, 2005.
District Judge Donald Mosley is slated to hear the case.
Elyse Palmer has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder with a deadly weapon, robbery with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery and burglary for the August 2003 killing of 45-year-old Thomas B. Farrell.
Palmer was arrested June 15 and charged in Farrell's death; she remains jailed in lieu of $1 million bail.
Prosecutors allege Palmer tried to get her friends to help her rob the restaurant, according to the arrest report. Police have said more arrests could be made, but none have been made thus far.
Farrell was found lying dead inside the restaurant on the morning of Aug. 25, 2003. An autopsy revealed that Farrell had been shot twice, in the upper left side of his back as well as in the right side of his chest, and his throat had been cut.
Police found the restaurant safe had been ransacked.
Only four to six days prior to the slaying Palmer was fired from the restaurant for poor work performance.
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