THE MAN ACCUSED IN THE MURDERS OF 70 YEAR OLD EUGENE CARRELL RAY AND ZAKARIA FRY WAS IN COURT FRIDAY … AND A JUDGE ORDERED THAT CHARLES SPIESS BE HELD WITHOUT BOND. HE’S ALSO KNOWN AS JAMES KNIGHT.
HIS CASE IS BEING TRANSFERRED TO DISTRICT COURT WHERE A JUDGE WILL DETERMINE IF HE’LL REMAIN JAILED FOR TRIAL. FRY’S SISTER, HEATHER PATTEN, WAS IN COURT AS WELL AND TOLD KOB TV THAT SEEING SPIESS THERE IS A BLESSING.
POLICE FOUND THE BODIES OF RAY AND FRY, WHO WAS A TRANSGENDER WOMAN, IN SANTA FE COUNTY, THREE MILES FROM EACH OTHER. POLICE SAY THEY BOTH DIED OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.
