Loc Buu Tran, 33, is accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death in 2006 when she tried to break up with him.
By Bianca Prieto, Orlando Sentinel
1:28 PM EST, February 8, 2010
The murder trial for a man accused of the 2006 slaying of his girlfriend, a University of Central Florida student, will begin next week.
Loc Buu Tran is accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death when she tried to break up with him.
A judge declared a mistrial in August after realizing that she had worked on the case while employed by the public defender's office.
His trial was suppose to start today but was postponed a week.
Tran, 33, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Nhat Anh Tran, who was a 20-year-old forensic-science major at UCF.
The day before she died, Nhat Anh Tran — known as Anh — broke off the yearlong relationship with Loc Tran.
The two are not related.
Nhat Anh Tran lived with two sisters and another roommate in an off-campus house on Cypress Trail Drive.
They found her body the next morning along with Loc Tran, who suffered self-inflicted stab wounds.
In 1998, Loc Tran was convicted of raping a Clearwater woman who had rejected him. He received two years' probation and was labeled a registered sex offender.
Sentinel staff writer Sarah Lundy contributed to this report. Bianca Prieto can be reached at bprieto@orlandosentinel.com or 407-420-5620.
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