News Photo Illustration These News file photos show Brad Srebnik, left, and Joshua Wirgau in 26th Circuit Court in Alpena during a preliminary examination.

ALPENA — Two men accused of murder in Alpena had their motion hearing slated for Tuesday in the 26th Circuit Court in Alpena County canceled and rescheduled for Oct. 27.

Brad Srebnik and Joshua Wirgau, are charged murder and other felonies in the deaths of Brynn Bills and Abby Hill in 2021.

Both Wirgau and Srebnik are currently in prison on an unrelated charge, but are expected to be released later this month and housed in the Alpena County Jail until the murder cases are wrapped up.

Srebnik is being held without bond, while Wirgau was given a $2 million bond.

Srebnik is charged with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder, one count of dismemberment of a dead body and mutilation, and felony firearm. He is being tried as a habitual offender.

Wirgau is charged with first-degree murder, disinterment and mutilation of a dead body, and being an accessory after the fact.

They face up to life in prison.

The date for trial has been pushed back several times and is now slated for Jan. 29 through Feb. 8.

Bills was reported missing in early August 2021 and her remains were eventually found buried in the back yard of Wirgau’s house. The prosecution believes Srebnik killed Bills at his home and moved the body, eventually renting an excavator to bury the body in the back yard of Wirgau’s home.

Hill, Srebnik’s girlfriend, was reported missing on Oct. 5, 2021 and her remains were found in a wooded area behind the Holcim Identity Plant on Oct. 15. The prosecution says she was killed by a single gunshot to the head.