If Dave Hawk wants to fight his murder conviction, his best chance for an appeal would be to challenge the judge's decision to keep the case in Kings County, legal experts say.

Sandra Lackey always promised to seek justice for her close friend, Debbie Hawk.

HANFORD -- The jury in Dave Hawk's trial deliberated for a second day Thursday without reaching verdicts on whether he killed his ex-wife and embezzled from his children's trust funds.

Jurors in the Dave Hawk murder and embezzlement trial will continue deliberating today after adjourning Wednesday without reaching verdicts.

HANFORD -- A Kings County jury will begin deliberations today to decide whether Dave Hawk was the only person with a motive to kill his ex-wife or whether the prosecution failed to put Hawk at the murder scene.

HANFORD -- Jurors will hear closing arguments today in the murder trial of Dave Hawk, whose ex-wife disappeared three years ago.

HANFORD -- A defense witness testified Thursday in Dave Hawk's murder trial that Hawk, who is accused of embezzling more than $300,000 from his children's trust accounts, had breached his responsibility as a trustee of the accounts.

Richard Kinney, a fingerprint analyst with the state Department of Justice, testified Wednesday in Kings County Superior Court that none of the fingerprints in Debbie Hawk's house and van matched her ex-husband's. Kinney also said three unidentified prints were found on the back hatch of the van.

HANFORD -- Dave Hawk's fingerprints and DNA did not turn up in his ex-wife's home or van, Hanford police officer Daren Matteson testified Monday in Hawk's murder trial in Kings County Superior Court.

HANFORD -- When Conrad Hawk saw blood spatters and papers strewn in his mother's home in June 2006, one of the many thoughts racing through his mind was that Dave Hawk might be the reason Debbie Hawk was missing.

HANFORD -- Debbie Hawk's three children saw blood in a hallway and other areas of her home on June 13, 2006, but Hawk -- who had failed to retrieve them from their father's home -- was missing.

HANFORD -- Dave Hawk's former live-in girlfriend testified Wednesday she never believed that he actually wanted his ex-wife dead, even though he made the comment on more than one occasion.

HANFORD -- Dave Hawk's former live-in girlfriend testified Tuesday that investigators told her she was a possible suspect in the disappearance of Debbie Hawk and threatened to put her in jail and take her children away.

HANFORD -- The prosecution in the David Hawk murder trial told a Kings County jury Monday that Hawk had a reason for wanting his ex-wife dead: Debbie Hawk was demanding financial records that might show he was stealing money from his children's trust account.

Jury selection started Monday in the murder trial of Dave Hawk, but a judge has yet to decide whether the case will be moved out of Kings County because of extensive publicity.

A judge has decided to listen to prospective jurors next week before ruling whether David Hawk's murder trial should be moved out of Kings County.

The presiding judge in the Dave Hawk murder trial will hear defense motions today seeking to exclude evidence and hearsay statements and to move the trial out of Kings County.

Pretrial motions in the Kings County murder case of Dave Hawk, accused of killing his ex-wife, are scheduled to begin July 20.

HANFORD -- Dave Hawk will stand trial for the murder of his ex-wife, Debbie Hawk, whose disappearance two years ago bewildered family, friends and investigators.

Kings County Judge Steven Barnes this morning ordered Dave Hawk to stand trial in the murder of his ex-wife, Debbie Hawk.

HANFORD -- Dave Hawk, accused of killing his ex-wife, once said legal battles with her "aren't going to stop until she was dead," his girlfriend testified Thursday.

HANFORD - A girlfriend of Dave Hawk, accused of killing his missing ex-wife, testified this morning that Hawk made threatening comments about Debbie Hawk when he was served legal papers in December 2005.

Dave Hawk, accused of killing his missing ex-wife, will learn in two weeks whether prosecutors have mustered enough evidence to send the case to trial.

Dave Hawk appeared in Kings County Superior Court on Friday, the two-year anniversary of the disappearance of his former wife Debbie Hawk.