New trial date set

COLUMBUS

The trial of Anthony J. Pardon, 53, who is accused of killing Warren native Rachel Anderson, has been pushed back from April 5 to Aug. 16. The new trial date was set Monday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Pardon, of Columbus, could get the death penalty if he’s convicted. Pardon is accused of raping and killing Anderson, 24, a 2012 Warren G. Harding High School graduate who was working at a Columbus funeral home when she was killed Jan. 29, 2018.