Nearly six years after the body of 52-year-old Bonnie Lou Irvine was found buried in a shallow grave behind a home on Weathers Creek Road, the man charged with killing her will stand trial in Iredell County Superior Court.

George Bernard Lamp, 51, has been in custody since he was arrested in mid-March 2008 and charged with killing Irvine, who lived in Cornelius.

Jury summons have been mailed out to approximately 300 people, said Iredell County Clerk of Court Jim Mixson. Jury selection starts Monday.

Lamp could face the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder.

Irvine was last seen in February 2008 but was not reported missing until March 8 when her roommate alerted authorities.

On March 13, a car belonging to Irvine and operated by Lamp was stopped by agents from an FBI task force and the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation. Authorities said the car had blood and other evidence inside. The car was stopped at the Citgo station near Exit 42 off Interstate 77.

That evidence led a home on Weathers Creek Road and authorities found Irvine’s body in a shallow grave.