The brother of 6-year-old Damari Perry, the Chicago boy whose naked body was found wrapped in a plastic trash bag last month at an abandoned home in Gary, Indiana, pleaded not guilty on Monday to the child’s murder and reportedly seeks to represent himself in court.
Jeremiah Perry, 20, is facing first-degree murder and a slew of other charges in the death of Damari.
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During a virtual court hearing in Lake County on Monday, Perry entered a not guilty plea to all charges, according to online court records.
Damari Perry, 6, was reported missing in Chicago on Jan. 5. Investigators recovered his body on Saturday near an abandoned house in Gary, Indiana.
(North Chicago Police Department)
Lake County Judge George Strickland said Jeremiah Perry had filed several motions requesting to represent himself in court, the Daily Herald reported.
However, his attorney Renea Amen said she had not received a copy of the motions and planned to speak to her client about the matter, according to the paper. The matter was expected to be settled at a hearing on Tuesday.
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Perry also faces charges of aggravated battery of a child, dismembering a human body, conspiracy, aggravated domestic battery, concealment of a homicidal death, endangering the life or health of a child, abuse of a corpse and obstructing justice.
Damari’s mother, 38-year-old Jannie M. Perry, faces the same charges as Perry in addition to one count of failure to report the death or disappearance of a child under 13 years old. She is expected to be arraigned on Wednesday.
Jannie Perry, 38, and Jeremiah Perry, 20, each face charges of first-degree murder and are being held on $5 million and $3 million bond, respectively. (Lake County State’s Attorney)
(Lake County State’s Attorney)
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