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New Developments In The Case Of The Two Christian Music Producers Killed In Garland Last June.

By Pete Freedman, Friday, Aug. 7 2009 @ 10:35AM
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We hadn't heard anything in some time about investigation that followed the murders of two Christian music producers, Matthew Butler and Stephen Swan, as the two were leaving Butler's Zion Gate studio late one night last June. Well, not since James Broadnax and Demarius Cummings were arrested in connection with the incident and we checked in on Butler's family, at least.

Today, though, comes this interesting bit of news in the Morning News: Broadnax, who is facing the death penalty and stands accused of killing the two producers, starts his trial on Monday (Cummings' trial daate has not yet been set), and the judge in the case, State District Judge Mike Snipes, has issued a gag order in the case. Which means, as the Morning News item lets us know, "Dallas County prosecutors and defense attorneys cannot discuss the case with the media... [so as] to limit media coverage before and during the trial so jurors are not exposed to news about the case."

To which we reply: Limit this!

Well, not really. We'll do our best to keep you posted on anything we hear about the case. But, given this news, it doesn't appear like it'll be too much...

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James Broadnax, Matthew Butler, Stephen Swan, trials, Zion Gate
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Comments (4)

Lance says:

It was sad to hear about that happening last year. It was even worse to see a man who killed two people have absolutely no remorse for what he'd done. I hope he fries.

Posted On: Friday, Aug. 7 2009 @ 12:06PM
Brian Nesbitt says:

Yeah. This moron has no place in a civilized world.

Posted On: Friday, Aug. 7 2009 @ 1:10PM
jamal says:

let me know when they're dead.

Posted On: Friday, Aug. 7 2009 @ 3:13PM
hope he fries says:

i am so glad james broadnax got the death penalty....even if it is not carried out, (of course, this IS the great state of Texas, so he most likely will be toast thank goodness) the only way he is going to leave that prison is in a pine box. ha ha ha! Have fun with that your waste of oxygen useless piece of flesh. "know what I'm sayin'"

Posted On: Sunday, Aug. 23 2009 @ 8:44PM

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