A court date has been set for two of the five people accused in the death of a Tsawwassen man in California.

Bill Dobbs, 48, was found murdered on the side of the road in Indio, California, in November 2007.

Dobbs was last seen leaving the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino with another man, later identified as Fernando Antonio Benavidez, one of the accused in the case, at around 3:45 a.m. on Nov. 26, 2007.

A passing motorist found his body on the side of an Indio road the next day.

Benavidez, 30, Ronald "Ronnie" Handwerk, 34, Rogelio Leon Zuniga, 32, and siblings Jackie Lynn Dunson, 33, and Robert Lee Dunson, 27, stand charged in the slaying.

All five have pleaded not guilty.

A June 4 trial date was set Friday for Robert Dunson and Zuniga, The Desert Sun newspaper reported.

Benavidez is accused of luring Dobbs to the Dunson apartment where he was allegedly beaten and robbed. Zuniga and Robert Dunson are accused of taking Dobbs to a remote area. His body was found the next day alongside a road north of Indio, according to the report.

If convicted, Robert Dunson could face the death penalty, while the other four accused could face life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Dobbs had recently bought a home in the Indio area and was staying there with his common-law wife at the time of his murder. The couple had been planning on returning to Canada in the near future for Christmas. The avid golfer was a longtime member of the Beach Grove Golf Club. He had two grown children and a grandson.

Dobbs had a family-owned window cleaning and janitorial company, Excelsior Buildings Maintenance.