A man accused of killing his girlfriend at her apartment will have his trial, previously scheduled for early summer, pushed back to a new date.

David Anthony Profitt, 27, is charged with murder, abuse of a corpse, first-degree strangulation, theft by unlawful taking (auto) and three counts of second-degree forgery.

Profitt is accused of causing the death of Alexandra Hemmann, 22, whose body was found Aug. 12, 2023, in the bedroom of her Winners Circle apartment.

Several months ago, Profitt’s case was set for a jury trial to begin June 24.

At a pretrial conference on Monday, however, Warren Circuit Judge Chris Cohron said that a scheduling discrepancy is forcing the trial to be continued and advised Warren County Commonwealth’s Attorney Kori Beck Bumgarner and Profitt’s lawyer, Jeb Dennis of the Department of Public Advocacy, to come to an agreement on a new trial date in the near future.

A final pretrial conference will also be scheduled for a date to be determined.

An indictment returned against Profitt alleges that he killed Hemmann on Aug. 4, 2023, by “impeding her airway.”

Profitt faces up to 70 years in prison or a life sentence with no chance at parole for at least 20 years if convicted as charged.

The Bowling Green Police Department investigated Hemmann’s death, developing Profitt as a suspect soon after finding Hemmann’s body.

Police were contacted to check on Hemmann’s welfare after friends became concerned about her.

Two of Hemmann’s friends received messages from her Snapchat account that claimed that Profitt was at a hospital being treated for seizures, but when they called area hospitals to figure out where to send a care package, they learned Profitt was not listed as a patient, BGPD Detective David Grimsley testified at a 2023 preliminary hearing in Warren District Court.

Police entered Hemmann’s apartment using a spare key and detected an odor of decomposition.

Officers forced their way into a locked bedroom, where they found her body under a blanket.

“It would be apparent that there was some amount of trauma to her face,” Grimsley said at the preliminary hearing in August 2023.

Hemmann was last seen in the company of Profitt on Aug. 3, 2023, which was also the last date that anyone else reported speaking with her, Grimsley said.

Both Hemmann’s and Profitt’s vehicles were missing when police first responded to the apartment complex, and investigators relied on information from license plate reader cameras to locate Hemmann’s car in Fishers, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis.

Police in Indiana found Profitt at a Topgolf in Fishers and found Hemmann’s phone in an Indianapolis-area hotel room.

Credit and debit cards belonging to Hemmann were found in Profitt’s possession, and police believe Profitt deposited a couple of checks into an account belonging to Hemmann, Grimsley said.

After being taken into custody, Profitt reportedly confessed to the slaying.

During a court appearance last year, Profitt confirmed he had rejected an offer from Bumgarner to plead guilty in exchange for a 50-year sentence.