WICHITA (AP) – A judge has set a new hearing date for the man charged with the 2003 drowning death of a woman who was a member of his Valley Center commune.

Sedgwick County Judge Warren Wilbert on Thursday scheduled a May 29 preliminary hearing in the case of Daniel U. Perez.

The 52-year-old Perez, who for years was known as Lou Castro, is charged with premeditated murder of Patricia Hughes.

Prosecutors must show a judge at the proceeding they have enough evidence for a murder trial on a death that was initially ruled an accident.

Perez also is charged with multiple counts of lying on life insurance applications, rape, sodomy, criminal threat and making false statements on auto credit applications.