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Trial in Deaths of Beason Family May be Years Off
LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) -- A defense attorney says the men accused of killing five members of a central Illinois family in 2009 could be years away from going to trial.

James Elmore represents Christopher Harris, who's charged along with his brother, Jason Harris.

The Harris brothers have pleaded not guilty to charges that accuse them of bludgeoning Ruth and Rick Gee and three of their children in the family's home in Beason.

The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reports that Elmore told Judge Thomas Harris on Thursday that it could be at least two years before the first trial begins.

Elmore calls it ``a monster of a case.'' He says it will take time to go through the more than 15,000 pages of documents and 300 DVDs filled with information that have been gathered in the case.

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