Two teens accused of killing a Queen Creek-area teenager will face trial May 5.

Todd Hoke and Nicolas Castillo will be tried as adults on seven charges nearly two years after death of 17-year-old Amber LeAnn Hess.

Charges include first-degree murder, burglary and concealment of a dead body.

Both pleaded not guilty.

Hess was beaten and stabbed to death, then dumped in the desert June 22, 2007, after the three teens went to the movies.

Hoke and Castillo, both 16 at the time, were arrested in connection with her death.

Pinal County Superior Court Judge Boyd T. Johnson set the official trial date on Monday at a status review hearing in Florence.

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