Albrecht Muth Hearing Moved to Sept. 9

Albrecht Muth will have to wait another week to go before Judge Gerald Fisher for his in the murder trial for his late wife, Viola Drath. His preliminary hearing for murder in the second degree has been rescheduled from Sept. 2 to Sept. 9 because Judge Fisher could not sit on the original date.

Muth was arraigned in D.C. Superior Court on August 17 and is being held without bond.

The charging documents that led to Muth's arrest August 16 state that Viola Drath's death was caused by strangulation and blunt force injuries. Her death .

According to court documents, after his wife's remains were removed from his home, Muth presented a letter to her family stating that he should be paid as much as $200,000 if something were to happen to her. The letter was dated Aug. 11, the day prior to the day on which she was found dead.

Muth — the documents say an alias is "Count Albi" — told police that he received a monthly allowance of $2,000 from Drath, which she had recently decreased it to $1,800. He openly called their marriage one of "convenience."

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