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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, March 13, 1993                   TAG: 9303130319
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: By Associated Press
DATELINE: ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.                                LENGTH: Short

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JUDGE DENIES DELAY IN HEADLESS-BODY CASE

Judge Thomas S. Watts on Friday denied a request to delay the murder trial of Michael G. Dial, who is accused of killing a woman whose headless torso washed ashore on the Outer Banks in 1991.

Michael G. Dial of Norfolk, Va., is scheduled for trial April 12 in Manteo in the death of Brenda G. Dozier.

No other issues were discussed during the hearing.

The hearing came just days before a search is to begin by Virginia Beach, Va., authorities of a Navy housing neighborhood for the victim's head.

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