The trial for Raymond Foster, the Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard who is suspected to have killed an Oklahoma woman, has been continued once again.

The woman, Cynthia Lynch, of Tulsa, Okla., was reportedly brought to the Bogalusa area last November by the local Sons of the Dixie Brotherhood chapter with plans that she would be initiated into the KKK and be sent back to Oklahoma to recruit new members. Something went wrong with the plan. Lynch, allegedly backed out of the initiation rite at the last moment, and authorities believe Foster shot Lynch and hid her body under some brush near the parish line.

Foster has been charged with second-degree murder and faces life in prison if convicted. Foster’s son and six other alleged KKK members were arrested and charged with obstruction of justice. The case has been placed back on Judge Peter Garcia’s calendar, and if ready it will come back up Nov. 16.

Foster’s son, Shane, is believed to have helped his father hide the crime.

Shane was determined to be incompetent to stand trial and is being rehabilitated while in jail. He will be re-examined next month.

In a separate case, a Slidell man pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated incest and attempted aggravated rape Monday in 22nd Judicial District Judge Richard Swartz’s courtroom.

Yultton Mendoza, 35, was arrested for the crime in August 2008.

On November 13, 2008 a grand jury indicted him on aggravated rape and aggravated incest charges.

However, on Monday, Mendoza struck an agreement with prosecuting attorney Jack Hoffstadt, and pleaded guilty to the lesser charges.

As part of the deal, Mendoza will serve 32 years in prison without the benefit of parole or reduction in sentence.

If he had been found guilty of the aggravated rape charge, Mendoza would have face life in prison. Attempted rape and attempted incest together carries a maximum punishment of 60 years.

Rick Wood, spokesman for District Attorney Walter Reed, said in cases of this nature the district attorney’s office often accepts pleas for lesser crimes to avoid having to put the victims on the stand.

He added that because of Mendoza’s age, he would spend most of the remainder his adult life in jail this way anyway.