The trial date of William “Billy” Curl, the man accused of the 2010 murder of NIU student Antinette “Toni” Keller, has been postponed for a third time this year.

Curl was indicted for five counts of first degree murder, one count of concealment of a homicidal death, one count of arson and one count of criminal sexual assault related to Keller’s death, according to a Feb. 1, 2011, Northern Star article.

In a court hearing Friday, Judge Robbin Stuckert agreed to postpone the trial’s start date to allow for Curl to have hearing aids fitted, according to a Saturday Daily Chronicle article.

Medical examinations requested by the court revealed the need for hearing aids, and DeKalb County Jail said he could have the hearing aids by Nov. 30, according to the article.

The new start date for the trial will be Jan. 14. The date was chosen by the courts, according to a Saturday Plainfield Patch article.

Jan. 14 was Keller’s birthday. She would be 21 the day the trial begins.

According to the Patch article, Keller family friend Thelma Holderness said the date upset Roger Keller, Toni Keller’s father.

“This is beyond insensitive,” Holderness said in the article. “Roger stood and he said to the court, ‘Just so you know, that is Toni’s birthday.’”

Holderness said Roger Keller was then told to not speak out of turn and to keep his composure within the courtroom.

The trial was scheduled to begin in May. It was rescheduled for June and then December to allow for psychological evaluations of Curl to take place.

On Dec. 6, Stuckert is scheduled to rule on a motion filed by Curl’s legal team asking to dismiss all five murder charges, as the team claims the charges are not specific enough to build a defense, according to the Patch article.