(CNN) -- A hearing is set for Monday for the first of five soldiers charged with the premeditated murder of three Afghan civilians.
The hearing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington will determine whether the military has enough evidence against Spc. Jeremy Morlock to proceed with a court-martial.
In all, officials charged 12 U.S. soldiers in what they called a conspiracy to murder Afghan civilians and cover it up, along with charges they mutilated corpses and kept grisly souvenirs.
Five of the soldiers face murder charges, while seven others are charged with participating in a cover-up.
All of the men were members of a 2nd Infantry Division brigade operating near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010.
The five facing murder charges are Morlock of Wasilla, Alaska; Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs, of Billings, Montana; Pfc. Andrew Holmes of Boise, Idaho; Adam Winfield, of Cape Coral, Florida; and Spc. Michael Wagnon, of Las Vegas, Nevada. The five are from the 5th Stryker Brigade.
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