A Two Harbors man accused in the 2007 slaying of 20-year-old Megan Ashley Anderson is expected to go to trial this spring.

The trial of Jesaiah Lee Carlson was scheduled for June 2 at a hearing presided over by District Court Judge Gary Paglia-ccetti last week at Virginia.

At the hearing, Carlson’s defense attorney K. Scott Belfry asked the court to throw out the first-degree murder indictment that a grand jury brought against his client. In his motion to dismiss, Belfry said law enforcment didn’t find any fingerprints belonging to Carlson at the murder scene, nor any blood on the defendant’s clothes. He also stated that the prosecution failed to disclose to the grand jury that there was no evidence of a sexual assault.

Belfry, a member of the state public defender’s office Trial Team, said his office is investigating a suspect who has a history of sexually assaulting women unknown to him and who was in the area at the time of the murder.

The 30-year-old Carlson was initially charged in September 2007 with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. The charges were amended to first-degree murder by a grand jury in May.

Anderson, of Bear River, was found slain at her workplace at Durkee Signs & Graphics in Eveleth on Aug. 27, 2007.

Carlson was selling children’s books and cutting boards in the area for Allstar Advertising of Duluth around the time of the murder, according to a criminal complaint filed at the time of his arrest. A business associate, who accompanied Carlson to Eveleth, initially told investigators that he saw another man, not Carlson, inside the business near the time when Anderson was killed, according to Belfry’s motion for dismissal.

According to the criminal complaint, Carlson told investigators he couldn’t recall what happened during the time frame that the murder occurred.

A knife was discovered in Carlson’s car that contained DNA would exclude 97.8 percent of the world’s population, but would not exclude Anderson.

Carlson and his wife, Lindsey, face other charges related to the case, including alleged tampering with potential evidence.

According to a criminal complaint, Carlson told his wife during a taped phone call to destroy two computer compact discs being sought by authorities.

Jesaiah Carlson faces a felony for aiding an accomplice after the fact while his wife has been charged with aiding an offender and conspiracy to aid an offender.

Belfry is considering a motion to move the trial from Virginia to ensure that Carlson gets a fair trial.

Judge Pagliaccetti denied defense’s prior request, which cited pretrial coverage of the murder and Carlson’s arrest, for a change of venue.