A Brunswick man charged in the 2009 slayings of his father and seven others inside a mobile home is scheduled to return to court next month.

An arraignment hearing has been scheduled for 24-year-old Guy Heinze Jr. on Feb. 23. Heinze is expected to tell a judge how he will plead to the charges nearly 2 1/2 years since he was jailed.

The pretrial proceedings are expected to move faster now that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has finished analyzing DNA evidence.

Prosecutors say Heinze bludgeoned his victims before dialing 911 and sobbing "My whole family's dead." Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

Heinze's attorney, Joseph Vigneri, did not immediately return a phone call from The Associated Press seeking comment Thursday.