New details emerged Wednesday in the twisting tale of a missing Montgomery’s teen’s death and the two teens who face murder charges in the case.
Preliminary hearings were set for Wednesday for two suspects in the slaying of Montgomery student Michael Cole Jr., but they have been continued at the request of the defense. The hearings are now scheduled for Feb. 28 before District Judge Tiffany B. McCord, court records show.
Cole, 16, was shot and killed on Jan. 25, court records show. Nicholas Trevon King-Sheppard and Nedvin Maynard Jones, Jr., both 18 and both of Montgomery, face felony murder charges in connection with the case, records show.
Cole’s family reported him missing the next day, touching off a community-wide search for answers. His body was found Jan. 29 along Selma Avenue. He had been shot in the head and his remains had been burned, records show.
Bond has been set at $750,000 for King-Sheppard and Jones, by Circuit Judge Brooke Reid. Her order issuing a bond provided more details: Cole, King-Sheppard, Jones and two other individuals allegedly fired shots into a house on Gaston Avenue that day. Cole was shot in the back of the head during that shooting, the order stated.