Lawton murder trial delayed by attorney's death
By Associated Press on Sep 18, 2013, at 2:14 PM
State
For more than a generation, this rural community has been haunted by a mystery: What happened to a group of teens who disappeared in the early 1970s after heading to a high school football game?
Convicted of a murder that occurred when he was 13, the now 30-year-old has spent most of his life in a maximum-security prison.
LAWTON — The murder trial of a Lawton man is being delayed because of the death of his defense attorney.
Jimmy Nazario Jr. was scheduled for trial on a second-degree murder charge in October — but defense attorney Kenneth Rhoads was killed in a motorcycle accident in July.
The Lawton-Constitution reports that Comanche County District Judge Keith Aycock on Tuesday agreed to postpone the start of the trial at the request of new defense attorney Jordan Cabelka.
The 22-year-old Nazario is charged in the December 2011 shooting death of Ervin Manigault outside a west Lawton apartment complex. He has pleaded not guilty.
State
For more than a generation, this rural community has been haunted by a mystery: What happened to a group of teens who disappeared in the early 1970s after heading to a high school football game?
Convicted of a murder that occurred when he was 13, the now 30-year-old has spent most of his life in a maximum-security prison.
