District Judge Elizabeth Halverson is expected to temporarily leave the hospital Tuesday to testify before a grand jury, which will be impaneled to hear evidence related to the attempted murder charges filed against her husband.
Halverson has been hospitalized since Sept. 4, when her husband, Edward Halverson, is alleged to have beaten her multiple times in the head with a cast iron skillet. The judge placed a dramatic 911 call during which she tried to keep her husband appeased while begging the dispatcher for help.
Eventually, Las Vegas police showed up at the couple’s residence near Tropicana Avenue and U.S. Highway 95 and arrested the 49-year-old husband.
A preliminary hearing for Edward Halverson is scheduled for Sept. 25. If a grand jury indicts him before that date, the case will be bound over for trial.