Charlene Childers will stand trial for murder alongside her husband in the October 2018 slaying of a Sodus couple, ruled Wayne County Court Judge David Barrett.

Childers' attorney had attempted to have her tried separately from her husband, Timothy Dean, in the deadly shootings of Joshua Niles and Amber Washburn. Niles and Washburn were killed in the driveway of their home while their young son was in the same vehicle. 

Prosecutors say Dean, a former police chief in Sunray, Texas, was the triggerman in that attack. Childers allegedly plotted the killings by arranging for the rental of a car for Dean to travel from the Texas panhandle to Wayne County to commit the murders.

Childers has pleaded not guilty to murder and conspiracy counts. The judge also ruled the statement that Childers provided to Wayne County sheriff's investigators could be utilized in her case.

While Childers appeared in court for Thursday morning’s hearing, Dean was also scheduled to attend. He was not present as his attorney was scheduled into a Rochester courtroom on Thursday.

The trial will begin May 15 when attorneys begin jury selection the prosecutor expects the case to take at least a week.