More than two years after a former Hart district teaching assistant was shot and killed in her home, a trial has yet to begin for the victim’s daughter, who stands accused of the murder.

 Laura Lutrell Purviance, 26, has been in custody since February 2013, after  she was arrested after her mother, Caroline Purviance, was murdered.

Caroline Purviance, 61, of Woodland Hills, who was a special education teaching assistant for the William S. Hart Union High School District, was fatally shot in her home Feb. 13, 2013.

Caroline Purviance, a former Hart district teaching aide

Purviance, who was arrested Feb. 22 by Oregon State Troopers at a rest stop near Medford, Ore., appeared in a Van Nuys courtroom had her first preliminary hearing back in December 2013.

Detective David Peteque of the Los Angeles Police Department is in charge of the investigation.

Laura Purviance allegedly went to her mother’s house, shot her in the head and then “just started driving,” he said.

Caroline Purviance worked for the Hart district from March 1999 to January 2004. She was hired at Valencia High School as an instructional assistant.

She also worked at Saugus and Canyon high schools in the same capacity during her time with the district.

Laura Purviance attended Saugus High for a little over a year before transferring out of the district.

Caroline Purviance’s body was discovered in the 5600 block of Mason Avenue, where the elder Purviance lived, on Feb. 13.

Laura Purviance

She is being held without bail.

If convicted, she faces up to life in prison.

The case is being prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth Ratinoff, who was not immediately available for comment Friday.