A kidnapping/aggravated assault trial and a murder trial are scheduled for later this month and early August at the District One Jones County Courthouse in Ellisville.

Justin Hubers of Sandersville is scheduled to face trial July 30 on charges of the 2007 kidnapping and aggravated assault of his estranged wife. Randy Clayton is scheduled to go to trial Aug. 11 for the September 2002 murder of his wheelchair-bound uncle in Ellisville.

Hubers, 33 at the time of his arrest, was charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault, felony fleeing and two counts of assault on a police officer. He is charged with kidnapping and breaking the jaw of his estranged wife, Tiffany Hubers, who was 24 at the time.

According to authorities, Hubers forced his wife into his truck and let her out of the truck at a business on Highway 590 after getting off I-59 at Exit 85 heading toward Seminary. Hubers was arrested by Covington County Sheriff’s deputies after allegedly ramming his truck into an 18-wheeler. Authorities said Hubers assaulted two of the deputies during the arrest.

Clayton is charged with the cutting of the throat of his uncle, who was confined to a wheelchair. The incident occurred at 23 Benson Rd. in the Shiloh Community south of Ellisville. Clayton recently underwent a second psychiatric evaluation, agreed to by District Attorney Tony Buckley.

“ Out of an abundance of caution, the state agreed to let him be examined one more time,” Buckley said in an earlier hearing.

Clayton was arrested by Arizona State Police a few days after the murder.

Assistant District Attorney Dennis Bisnette said Arizona held Clayton for two years to perform a mental evaluation. When he was extradited to Mississippi, the state performed its own mental evaluation which took well over two years to complete. The Mississippi evaluation was completed in March 2007, at which time Clayton was determined competent to stand trial.

Circuit Judge Billy Joe Landrum will preside over the two trials.