SALINA  -A preliminary hearing for a Kansas woman accused in the stabbing death of a Salina woman may be delayed due to the length of time it will take to get a completed autopsy report.

A hearing for Thuy Linh Thi Duong, 46, Salina, has been scheduled for June 13.

Details on the autopsy of stabbing victim 43-year-old Loan Nguyen-Lovelace may be available at that time, according to Saline County Attorney Ellen Mitchell.

Nguyen-Lovelace’s only child is taking her body to Vietnam for burial, and she requested that the preliminary hearing not be scheduled until after she returns, according to Mitchell.

Duong appeared in Saline County District Court Monday. She is accused of stabbing Nguyen-Lovelance to death during the course of an argument at Nguyen-Lovelace’s home on Max Avenue on May 12.

Police investigators quickly identified Doung as a suspect and
she was located in her parked vehicle at the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane.