Trial for man charged with killing teenage girlfriend set for mid-June

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside County Superior Court judge Tuesday scheduled a trial for a Riverside man accused of fatally shooting his 15-year- old girlfriend for mid-June.

Benjamin James Boatman, 23, could get 50 years to life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder, as well as sentence-enhancing allegations of using a gun and causing great bodily harm.

Rebecca Marth was fatally shot in the head on March 18, 2010.

Boatman, jailed on $1 million bail, also is charged with possessing an outlawed gun and selling pot.

Lawyers in the case recently told Judge James Warren they would be ready for tr...