Abilene murder suspect’s brother still held in Taylor County Jail

Two relatives of an Abilene murder suspect have been accused of concealing him during a manhunt that stretched to Fort Worth where he was arrested, police said in a media release.

Hit-and-run murder suspect Christopher Covington-Smith’s father and brother were arrested Friday and charged with hindering apprehension/prosecution of a known felon, an Abilene Police Department media release said Friday.

His brother, Anton Demarcus Covington, was still being held Monday in Taylor County Jail on $15,000 on total bonds, online jail records show. His father, Shannon Dwayne Covington, was free from jail Monday on a $10,000 bond…

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