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Georgetown socialite murder trial indefinitely postponed

By Naomi Jagoda
Published March 19, 2013 4:00am ET
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Georgetown socialite murder trial indefinitely postponed
The tan rowhouse was home to Albrecht Muth, 47, and Viola Drath, 91, a German journalist and socialite, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington. Muth, 48, is charged with first-degree murder in Drath's death. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) | Jacquelyn Martin

The trial for the man accused of killing his much-older socialite wife in their Georgetown home has been indefinitely postponed, the Associated Press reported.

Albrecht Muth, 48, is charged with first-degree murder in the August 2011 beating and strangulation death of 91-year-old Viola Drath. His trial had been scheduled to begin Monday in D.C. Superior Court.

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