JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The trial for Donald Smith, the man accused of abducting and killing 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle last year, has been delayed until Oct. 6.
Smith's trial was set to start May 12. He's charged with kidnapping, sexual battery and murder.
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Smith is accused of abducting the girl from a Northside Walmart after befriending her mother and offering to buy her and her family food and clothes, then killing her.
Investigators said Smith dumping Cherish's body near a church off of Broward Road.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
Smith was already a registered sex offender in Florida and had been released from jail only a month before Cherish was kidnapped and killed.