$500,000 bail set in torture, homicide case

By: Associated Press//May 29, 2018//

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bail has been set at $500,000 for a Milwaukee man accused of torturing and killing a 15-year-old boy over a stolen video-game system.

Twenty-one-year-old Malik Terrell is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Dennis King. Terrell made his first court appearance on Sunday in Milwaukee County. A judge found probable cause to hold Terrell for trial.

Prosecutors say Terrell beat King with a hammer, stabbed him in the neck and burned his body. The boy’s remains were found in an abandoned house in Milwaukee days after he had gone missing. Terrell and his two younger siblings thought a friend of King’s stole their video-game system and believed King had been involved.

A preliminary hearing in the case is scheduled for June 6.

Terrell will be represented by the state public defender’s office.

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