A judge ordered the man to remain in detention without bail
NEW YORK._ After being prosecuted on his hospital bed the summer, the Dominican Giovanni Lebrón, 24, was formally charged with the first-degree murder of a woman identified as Nicole Connor, whom prosecutors said brutally killed beatings with his accomplice Nelson Gilles and the two dumped the body in the Spicket River in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he found on July 23 this year.
Lebron, a resident of Daisy Street Building 20 in Lawrence, was prosecuted in Salem High Court after the indictment and being convicted of life imprisonment.
He was arrested and charged after Nicole's 24-year-old body was found in the river near Manchester Street Park.
Yesterday Wednesday in court, Lebron responded "not guilty" when a court clerk read him the charge of first-degree murder and asked him how he pleaded.
Judge Thomas Dreschler ordered Lebron to remain in detention without bail while awaiting trial.
The audscience was very brief and there was no discussion about the details of the crime.
The man, according to the police, was An accomplice of Lebron, Nelson Gilles, 23, a resident of Bowdoin Street in Lawrence, was also prosecuted Wednesday on charges of being an accomplice after the murder.
The judge granted Gilles a $100,000 bond.
The motive for Connor's murder remains unclear.
The accusation indicates that Lebron assaulted and struck the woman with the intention of murdering her, and beat her up so brutally that he beat her to death.
Deputy Prosecutor Lindsay Nasson presented a record of discovery, possible evidence, of the case. Police interviews with Lebron, Lawrence police reports, evidence collected at the crime scene, photos and autopsy reports of the victim and a catalogue of evidence from Lebron's facebook page, are among the elements listed in the record of evidence, filed by the prosecutor.
After the woman's body was found, state police detectives worked on the scene near the Spicket River area. A crane mounted on a tow truck lifted a sofa from the water.
In addition, a cell phone of Lebron seized after his arrest contains messages on his Facebook messenger in which he exchanges with Gilles, writing to the accomplice who had intimate knowledge of what happened, prosecutor Nasson said at a hearing the summer.
Police investigators compared Gilles' photo with video surveillance footage that captured two men, one of whom was identified as Hound, taking Connor's body to the Spicket River between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m. on 25 June added, the deputy prosecutor.
Police say the second man was Gilles, who was wearing the same glasses and clothes as the person in the video when he was arrested.
Previously, the prosecutor said they quickly found Gilles at home, where he lives with his mother and spends most of his time playing video games.
The dead woman was a resident of Haverhill, according to her obituary prepared by the Driscoll Funeral Home in that city and where it was veiled.
The young woman was described as strong in character, full of determination and enjoyed the outdoors and frequently visited Salisbury Beach.
Lebron and Gilles are due to return to court on December 4.
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