Doctor: Suspect is fit for trial in slaying of Naomi Arnette

URBANA – A former Champaign man accused of murdering his estranged wife and hiding her body is set to stand trial Aug. 18.

Lawyers in Robert Arnette's case Friday accepted the findings of Champaign psychiatrist Lawrence Jeckel that Arnette is fit to stand trial for the murder of Naomi Arnette, who was 36 at the time she went missing.

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