WARRENSBURG — Circuit Judge Michael Wagner agreed to meet with attorneys in January to discuss “informal ground rules” in the murder case of Ziyad T. Abid during a hearing here on Monday.
Abid, 23, a Saudi national, allegedly paid co-defendant Reginald L. Singletary, 27, of Warrensburg, to murder 25-year-old nightclub owner Blaine Whitworth on Sept. 1. Both men have pled not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the case and remain in custody.
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