By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 15:50 EST, 18 June 2013 | UPDATED: 16:00 EST, 18 June 2013 A grand jury has indicted a former attorney on charges he strangled his ex-wife and tossed her off a cruise ship in Italy almost seven years ago. The Orange County Register says 55-year-old Lonnie Kocontes, of Florida, didn't enter a plea at his arraignment on Monday. He was indicted on Friday on a charge of murder for financial gain. He'll try to have the case dismissed at a June 26 hearing, arguing that local authorities lack jurisdiction to prosecute. Charged: Lonnie Kocontes, left, was indicted with Kanesaki's murder, pictured right, nearly seven years after her death
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Autopsy revealed Micki Kanesaki, 52, had been strangled before thrown off a cruise ship passing Italian coast
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Kanesaki's ex-husband Lonnie Kocontes is charged with her murder
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Couple had a rocky relationship from start with cruise said to have been effort to rekindle their marriage
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Kanesaki was arrested twice for domestic abuse after their divorce
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Kocontes was arrested for sexual acts and lewd conduct on a girl under 16 during their six-year marriage
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