The arraignment for a Macon, GA, man accused of killing Lauren Giddings last summer has been postponed, according to reports.  Stephen Mark McDaniel, 26, who is accused in the killing, and Giddings, both attended law school in Georgia.

A Bibb County Superior Court judge who is presiding over the case is preparing for heart surgery, delaying the trial for several weeks, according to The Telegraph of Macon.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Stephen Mark McDaniel, 26, for the slaying and dismemberment of Giddings of North Laurel, his neighbor and fellow graduate student at Mercer University Law School.

Giddings had been reported missing on June 25. On June 30, police found her torso wrapped in plastic in a garbage bin next to the apartment building.