The special prosecutor handling a murder case in which a man is alleged to have died due to his wife and daughter has announced his intent to try the daughter first.

Blake Chambers filed his notice of intent Thursday to try Cheryl Leighanne Bennett on July 9 as scheduled, and requested a later trial date for her mother, Donna Cheryl Logsdon.

Bennett, 48, and Logsdon, 73, are accused of causing the death of Michael Logsdon, 75, at his home in Glasgow on July 9, 2022.

Michael Logsdon had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a degenerative nerve disease, and at the time of his death he was bedridden and using a bilevel airway pressure (BiPap) machine to help him breathe.

Bennett and Donna Logsdon are accused of tampering with the BiPap device, causing Michael Logsdon’s death.

The Glasgow Police Department investigated the death at the behest of Terri Jo Harris, the other daughter of the Logsdons.

A grand jury indicted Donna Logsdon and Bennett in 2023, and they have both pleaded not guilty.

Attorneys for the two women have contested the murder charge on a number of grounds.

John Olash, the attorney for Bennett, has filed a number of motions during the pendency of the case challenging the prosecution, arguing in court filings that evidence suggests the BiPap machine was not functioning as it was supposed to and had malfunctioned on at least one occasion prior to Michael Logsdon’s death.

Filings by Olash also feature the assertion that an order for a ventilator to replace the BiPap machine was not submitted to Logsdon’s health insurer by his caretaker.

Motions from Olash to request records from United Healthcare regarding the ventilator order and to complete toxicology testing to determine the amount of certain medications in Logsdon’s body at the time of death are pending.

Donna Logsdon and Bennett are currently free on bond and are due back in Barren Circuit Court on March 7 for a pretrial conference.