Cabell County Magistrate Chris Sperry ruled in a preliminary hearing Friday that there was probable cause for charges against 23-year-old Brock Allen Meade.
Meade was in attendance by Microsoft Teams and stayed silent during the hearing. He was charged with murder and concealment of a deceased human body in the death of Chrystina Lynn Judd.
His brother, Tucker Meade, 27, was previously charged with concealment of a deceased body, but the charge was dismissed without prejudice for further investigation.
According to a local gun store, Brock Meade had purchased a Beretta 92 9mm pistol that he had since sold to his father.
Fitz said he has not found any evidence that Brock Meade and Judd knew each other, but said Judd was a prostitute. Her boyfriend told law enforcement that the vehicle stopped and called for her, according to Fitz’s testimony.
“Within a matter of minutes, by his own admission to multiple individuals, (Meade) shot (Judd) in the head, leaving blood evidence that does not indicate any self defense,” Cabell County Assistant Prosecutor Payton Smith said.
HUNTINGTON — A grand jury will hear the case of a Huntington man charged in the death of a 28-year-old woman who was reported missing in 2021.
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