Aug 24, 2009 9:06 pm US/Pacific
Trial Date Set In Shackled Tracy Teen Case
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Michael Schumacher and Kelly Layne Lau are two of the four suspects accused of torturing a teenager at a Tracy house.
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Police mugshot of Anthony Waiters, a suspect in the Tracy teen torture case.
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Tracy teen torture suspect Caren Ramirez.
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A San Joaquin County judge has set a trial date for four people accused of torturing a teenager at a Tracy house.
Superior Court Judge Terrence Van Oss on Monday set a Feb. 1 trial date for Michael Schumacher, his wife, Kelly Lau, Caren Ramirez, and Anthony Waiters. Van Oss said the trial will last about two months.
The four were indicted by a grand jury in March on aggravated mayhem, torture and false imprisonment of a 16-year-old Kyle Ramirez.
Authorities say Kyle escaped from the couple's home in Tracy by unlocking an ankle chain and stumbling emaciated and bruised into a health club in December.
Attorneys representing the four defendants say they plan on challenging the indictment.
The judge set a date for Nov. 9 to hear the arguments.
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