Osborn Murder Trial Delayed

The murder trial for a Eric Osborn, who is accused of killing his live-in girlfriend has been reset for November.

Osborn was charged with 1st degree murder after he admitted to hitting Sarah McKay with a baseball bat and strangling her to death on March 7.

His trial was scheduled to start May 10, but was moved to Nov. 1 at 9 a.m during a pretrial conference Thursday. Osborn also waived his right to a speedy trial.

Johnson County Sheriff's Deputies found McKay, 34, dead in the back bedroom at 18 Expo Dr. and Osborn, bleeding from the neck and arms, in the front seat of his truck outside.

Osborn, 26, told the deputies that he hit McKay in the head with a baseball bat around 3 a.m. Sunday, and then choked her because he didn't want her to suffer. He said they'd been drinking and that he had also smoked marijuana and taken some pills.

Osborn told investigators that he then blacked out and didn't remember what he'd done. He said that he tried to kill himself once he realized he'd killed McKay, which caused him to blackout again. Osborn told investigators that he had no idea why he killed McKay.