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QUADRUPLE MURDER PLEA
Man Pleads Not Guilty In Quadruple Nicholas County Murder Case

Reported by: Send eMail Bob Aaron
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Jan. 15, 2013 11:12 AM EST
Updated: Jan. 15, 2013 11:21 AM EST

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Summersville, Nicholas County , West Virginia

A man accused in a quadruple murder pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Nicholas County Circuit Court.

James Roy Belknap, 26, is accused of murdering two adults and two children from Greenbrier County.
Belknap faces four counts of first-degree murder in the May 19 shooting deaths of Stephen Leroy Hendrix, Amber Martin and Hendrix's two young children.

Belknap was arrested May 28 at a police roadblock.

Fifty-four-year-old Mark Haynes of Leivasy also is charged with helping Belknap.



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