BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER
HGOLDFINGER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM
OPELIKA —
Following their arrests last week, Matt Dillon and Francis Hamblin have been detained without bond at the Lee County Justice Center.
Dillon and Hamblin are suspects in the disappearance and possible murder of victim Reggie Stokes.
The hearing was not a preliminary, but a hearing to determine if the two defendants would receive bond under Aniah’s Law.
Luke Farmer, representing the state, had to prove that certain conditions had to be met — that the public would be in danger or the defendants are at flight risk if let out on bail.
Hamblin’s attorney. Lindsay Erwin, said that as of now, without identification of the body, without more concrete evidence, it would not be right to deny Hamblin bail.
“Everything is circumstantial,” she said.
Judge Steven Speakman said he would be denying bond.
“I do find the state carried its burden,” Speakman said.
The preliminary trial for both men is set for Nov. 15.