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The Latest: Lawyer says professor plans to plead not guilty

Attorney Kenneth Wine, representing Wyndham Lathem, a Northwestern University microbiologist suspected in the stabbing death of a 26-year-old Chicago man, speaks to reporters outside of the East County Hall of Justice in Dublin, Calif., Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Lathem and Oxford University financial officer, Andrew Warren, were sought in a cross-country chase on first-degree murder charges in the death of Trenton James Cornell-Duranleau. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Attorney Kenneth Wine, representing Wyndham Lathem, a Northwestern University microbiologist suspected in the stabbing death of a 26-year-old Chicago man, speaks to reporters outside of the East County Hall of Justice in Dublin, Calif., Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Lathem and Oxford University financial officer, Andrew Warren, were sought in a cross-country chase on first-degree murder charges in the death of Trenton James Cornell-Duranleau. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) Attorney Kenneth Wine, representing Wyndham Lathem, a Northwestern University microbiologist suspected in the stabbing death of a 26-year-old Chicago man, speaks to reporters outside of the East County Hall of Justice in Dublin, Calif., Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Lathem and Oxford University financial officer, Andrew Warren, were sought in a cross-country chase on first-degree murder charges in the death of Trenton James Cornell-Duranleau. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

By Associated Press 3 min read

PLEASANTON, Calif. (AP) – The Latest on the California arrests of Northwestern University professor and a University of Oxford employee wanted in the fatal stabbing of a Chicago man (all times local):

11:55 a.m.

An attorney for a Northwestern University professor suspected in the stabbing death of a 26-year-old Chicago man says his client will plead not guilty to charges.

Attorney Kenneth H. Wine said before Wyndham Lathem’s initial court appearance Monday that Lathem also plans to waive his right to an extradition hearing and that he expects him to be returned to Chicago within weeks.

Lathem and Andrew Warren, an Oxford University financial officer, face preliminary charges of first-degree murder in the July 27 fatal stabbing of Trenton James Cornell-Duranleau, whose body was found that night in Lathem’s Chicago apartment.