Lacking Indictment Prompts Judge to Order Bond for 2 in Murder for Hire Case

Two of the co-defendants in the botched murder for hire case planned from inside a state prison appeared in Tattnall County Superior Court Wednesday morning to ask a judge to reconsider giving them bond. Aerial Murphy and Keisha Jones both appeared with counsel before Judge Jay Stewart, who previously denied bond for both parties back in September. Murphy, and Jones were charged in August with the January 30 murder of 88-year-old Bobby Carlton Kicklighter of Glennville, who was found deceased in his home from apparent gunshot wounds. A GBI agent testified in a previous bond hearing that the death of … Continue reading Lacking Indictment Prompts Judge to Order Bond for 2 in Murder for Hire Case