A federal judge on Wednesday allowed a teenager charged with sexually assaulting and killing his 18-year-old stepsister on a Carnival Cruise ship to remain feee for now as the judge considers arguments following a hearing in Miami.
Timothy Hudson was initially arrested and charged as a juvenile, and U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres ruled in February that the 16-year-old could live with an uncle and be electronically monitored.
But after the case was transferred to adult court, prosecutors wanted Hudson be in custody until the case’s conclusion.
The judge ended Wednesday morning’s hearing without making a final decision. Torres said he wanted to speak with the someone from the U.S. Marshals Service about the logistics of detaining Hudson in central Florida, closer to his family, rather than South Florida, where the trial is taking place…