Wednesday, October 07, 2009
 
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Preliminary hearing for Harris set for Oct. 28

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(Originally posted Tuesday afternoon)

[October 07, 2009]  Christopher Harris was back in Logan County Circuit Court Tuesday afternoon,  but only for a minute.

Under tight security throughout the building, Harris was led in and seated at 3:40 p.m. Public Defender Patrick Timoney asked that a preliminary hearing date be set, and Judge Thomas M. Harris Jr. placed the hearing on the docket for Oct. 28 at 1:15 p.m. And that was the extent of the hearing.

In court were 30 of Harris' family and friends. The family refused to speak with reporters in regard to the case. When Harris was led out of the courtroom, the doors leading out of the courtroom were blocked by law enforcement officials until Harris had cleared the area.

On Friday, Harris was charged with five counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in the slayings of the Gee family in Beason. He was being held without bail at the McLean County Jail. When Logan County Sheriff Steve Nichols was asked if Harris was being transported back to McLean County, he declined to answer.

[LDN staff]

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