The cases date back to 2013 and '14.

The wheels of justice continue turning in Warren County.

There are three homicide cases, the oldest dating back to 2013 and '14, that could be resolved this year. Here's where they stand, according to prosecutors.

SALIM NEWTON

Salim Newton listens in Warren County court on Oct. 24, 2016. (Tim Wynkoop | lehighvalleylive.com contributor) 

The case: The 30-year-old is accused in the September 2013 shooting death of 22-year-old Melissa Williams, the mother of his child, in her Phillipsburg home. Newton was arrested about a month later in Virginia.

Status: A trial date is to be determined at a Feb. 16 hearing. A trial was started in November, but halted when Newton changed attorneys.

RALPH ATKINSON

Ralph A. Atkinson, of Knowlton Township, is accused of killing his girlfriend in 2014. (Courtesy photo) 

The case: The 41-year-old from Knowlton Township is charged in two separate cases. In the first, he is accused of killing his girlfriend, 45-year-old Margaret Graf-White, with a knife and hammer in May 2014 at the woman's West Stewart Street home in Washington. In the second, he is accused of recording sex acts with a child between 2012 and 2014.

Status: Atkinson has claimed to be mentally unfit to stand trial. The state is verifying the claim and a hearing is scheduled Feb. 23. If he were to face a jury, prosecutors have said the cases would be tried separately.

DANIEL LAWRENCE

Daniel J. Lawrence, of Washington, is charged with fatally stabbing a man in 2014. (Courtesy photo) 

The case: The 29-year-old from Washington is accused of fatally stabbing 30-year-old Warren Moore, of Jersey City, with a 3-inch folding knife during a confrontation in September 2014 outside Lawrence's East Washington Avenue home.

Status: A May 1 trial has been scheduled.

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