Two men charged with the first murder in Sammamish’s incorporated city history remain in Canadian custody while they wait for a court date for their extradition hearing.

On Sept. 19 Kevin David Patterson, 20, and Christopher John Shade, 18, were charged with first degree murder for the Sept. 10 slaying of Richard Bergesen, 57, of Sammamish. According to charging documents supplied by the King County Prosecutor’s Office Patterson, who was living with Bergesen as part of a homeless assistance program run by Bergesen’s church, claimed that Bergesen made sexual advances on him. Bergesen was beaten to death with a shovel in his home according to the charging documents, with Patterson and Shade saying the other was responsible for Bergesen’s killing.

Both were arrested the following night in Abbotsford, British Columbia, after stealing Bergesen’s car and fleeing across the border near Spokane and buying multiple items in Canada using Bergesen’s credit card. King County prosecutors have requested both Patterson, a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen, and Shade, a U.S. citizen from Texas, be held on $2 million bond pending extradition.

According to a statement by a representative of the Canadian Ministry of Justice, both men remain in custody with no court date set to determine their extradition. While the Canadian courts have denied extradition to the U.S. in the past if they felt the accused would have their basic civil rights violated by facing the death penalty, the charges both men face carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Both men were also charged with first degree robbery and theft of a motor vehicle.