Earlier during Friday's hearing, Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, asked the judge to deny bond for Bryan. The McMichaels and Bryan were indicted by a grand jury last month on malice and felony murder charges in Arbery's death. Holmes said the sex crimes investigation came to light because of the Arbery investigation and there is a victim in the sex crimes case. That is when he struck Arbery, Dial said, and Arbery kept running with the McMichaels in pursuit. Body camera footage also showed a Confederate flag sticker on the toolbox of McMichael's truck, he said.

Source: CNN July 17, 2020 17:32 UTC