Another hearing has been scheduled for next week in the case against the Tracy woman accused of killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu.

A judge originally ordered Melissa Huckaby back in court in mid-September. A secret two-week-long grand jury hearing recently ended, and prosecutors moved up the date to 1 p.m. on Monday in Department 35 of the San Joaquin County Superior Court in Stockton.

A gag order prevents anyone associated with the case from talking about it to reporters or anyone else. The Stockton Record in July reported that a grand jury convened over a couple weeks last month. An indictment has yet to be handed down.

Huckaby, 28, was arrested on April 10, four days after Sandra’s body was found stuffed in a suitcase and dumped into a dairy pond north of Tracy. Sandra was last seen alive on March 27 and her body was found by a farm worker on April 6.

Huckaby was charged with murder with special circumstances of lewd and lascivious acts on a child, rape by instrument and kidnapping. She pleaded not guilty the charges and enhancements.

Because of the intense public interest in the case, the court has limited seating at past hearings and will allow few reporters into the courtroom next week. Members of the public who want to grab a seat in the courtroom during the hearing will have to check in at 11:45 a.m. Monday in the clerk’s office, Room 303 at the Stockton courthouse, to get a lottery ticket.

A drawing will take place at 12:15 p.m. in the same room. The public can enter the courtroom after journalists have been seated.

Seats have been reserved for five television stations, six local newspapers, a radio station and a sketch artist. Thirteen more seats are reserved for media, and available by lottery.

For information: www.stocktoncourt.org.

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