article_snippet.sent: State prosecutors say Donna Lou Rayhons — a long-serving Republican state lawmaker — ignored that message.
article_snippet.sent: The charges were filed days after she died.
article_snippet.sent: The state Attorney General's office also declined.
article_snippet.sent: And Henry Rayhons, who has said that he is innocent, refused an interview through a son.
article_snippet.sent: Shortly before the charges were filed, Rayhons withdrew from a race to serve a tenth term in the Iowa House of Representatives.
article_snippet.sent: The Iowa attorney general's office sought to move the trial out of Hancock County, where Rayhons lives, arguing that they would not be able to find an impartial jury after the extensive news coverage.
article_snippet.sent: But a judge denied the request.
highlights_snippet.sent: Rayhons ignored the request and charges were filed against Rayhons days after Rayhons wife died last August .
  