Trial Delayed For Suspect In Road Rage Killing Of Bianca Roberson

WEST GOSHEN, PA — The trial date for David Desper, the man accused of shooting and killing an 18-year-old during a road rage incident last June, has been postponed.

Desper, 29, of Trainer, will be tried at some point in September, according to the Pottstown Mercury.

His trial had originally been scheduled to begin May 21, according to court documents.

Desper was charged with shooting and killing Bianca Roberson, a West Chester Rustin High School graduate, while driving on Route 100 just north of Route 202 on June 28, 2017.

The incident spawned a four day, three-state manhunt for the suspect, who ultimately turned out to be Desper. Desper, his attorney by his side, turned himself in to the West Goshen Police Department on July 2.

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Desper was described by friends as a "cool, calm guy" who did not have a "snap personality," according to a Philly.com interview with his friend Karl Pritz of Bensalem.

Roberson, who had just graduated from Rustin in the spring, was headed to Jacksonville University in the fall on a four-year merit scholarship to study criminal justice.

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Desper remains in Chester County Prison as he awaits trial.

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