Fulton County trial for Atlanta spa shootings delayed

A sign is seen at the Gold Spa in Atlanta on March 18,2021, the day after multiple people were killed at three massage spas in the Atlanta area.

Ben Gray / Associated Press

The Fulton County death penalty trial for the man accused of killing four Asian women in two spas on Piedmont Road will now occur in January 2023.

Robert Aaron Long faces 19 felony charges in Fulton County for the deaths of four Asian women killed in March 2021. The charges include felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and domestic terrorism.

He already pleaded guilty to the murders of four additional people in Cherokee County on the same night.