F. Glenn Miller Jr. preliminary hearing still set for March 2

A change in lawyers will not delay next month’s preliminary hearing for F. Glenn Miller Jr., the southwest Missouri man accused of killing three persons outside Jewish facilities in Overland Park last April.

The defense team is prepared to go ahead with the March 2 hearing, Martin Warhurst, one of Miller’s lawyers, told a Johnson County District Court judge Thursday.

Miller’s second lawyer, Mark Manna, was appointed this week to replace Ron Evans, who recently withdrew over communication issues with Miller. Manna did not attend Thursday’s hearing.

Miller, 74, is accused of capital murder in the shooting deaths of William Corporon, 69, Reat Griffin Underwood, 14, and Terri LaManno, 53. Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty.

Mark Morris, mmorris@kcstar.com