The trial for Konrad Schafer, an Osceola County teenager charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of a teenage boy and a man in 2013, will begin in January.

Konrad Schafer was 15 when investigators said he killed Eric Roopnarine, 22, during an alleged robbery in Poinciana in July 2013. Investigators said the teen also killed 17-year-old David Guerrero at a bus stop in a separate incident.  He is also a suspect in several drive-by shootings around Kissimmee that did not injure anyone.

Schafer is one of four people accused in the murders. Co-defendant Juan Muriel took a plea deal and agreed to testify against the suspected accomplices Victoria Rios, Juan Muriel and David Damus — who were all between 17 and 22 when they were charged two years ago.

In June, Damus was found guilty of first-degree murder and armed burglary.  He faces life in prison when he is sentenced.

The trial for Victoria Rios was postponed again last month after the defense filed a motion to suppress eight hours of videotaped statements from Rios after the murder. The defense wants the videotaped statements dropped from the trial. An Osceola County judge said this is the final postponement in the trial.

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(Clockwise L-R) Konrad Schafer, Victoria Rios, Juan Sebastian Muriel, and David Damus, were arrested July 9, 2013 and charged with First Degree Murder, Home Invasion with a Firearm and Grand Theft for the murder of Eric Roopnarine on July 4, 2013. (PHOTOS/Osceola County Sheriff's Office)



David Guerrero, 17, was shot and killed while walking to a bus stop on June 26, 2013. Eric Roopnarine, 22, was shot and killed during a robbery on July 4, 2013. (PHOTOS/File)