 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.
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