The hearing scheduled for Thursday to set a preliminary hearing date for Anthony Duwayne Turner, the former colleague and ex-boyfriend of slain Bank of America executive Michelle Avan, has been continued to March 22 at 8:30 a.m. Pacific time, according to court documents.
The March 22 preliminary hearing setting will be held at Los Angeles Superior Court in Van Nuys, California.
Avan was a managing director at Merrill for 22 years before being promoted in June to head of BofA's global women's and underrepresented talent strategy, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Turner, of Westchester, California, was arrested Aug. 5 and released Aug. 13 after posting $2 million in bail, the Los Angeles Police Department and a spokesperson for Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón had told ThinkAdvisor.
Turner was charged with felony murder and first-degree residential burglary in his former girlfriend's death, according to Gascón's spokesperson.
The cause of Avan's death was unknown, but she "appeared to have suffered trauma to her face," according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
"Family members became concerned when they could not contact Avan," police said. Avan's son discovered her body, and a member of her family contacted police and Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics.
