Grass Lake triple murder case postponed again, tentative exam date set - MLive.com

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JACKSON, MI -- Attorneys on both sides of a triple homicide case are continuing to gather evidence.

Defense counsel for Zacharie Scott Borton met with prosecutors on Sept. 10 for a second scheduled probable cause conference before Jackson County District Judge Joseph Filip.

Borton, 43, is accused of shooting and killing Delmar Eugene Fraley, 80; Edward John Kantzler, 70; and Michael George Pauli, 70. Police say the three men were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds on the morning Aug. 22 at a home in rural Grass Lake Township.

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Similar to a probable cause conference on Sept. 3, Leonard Ballard, Borton’s defense attorney, requested the tentative date for a preliminary examination be pushed back as discovery continues. Assistant Jackson County Prosecutor Meaghan McKeon once again agreed with Ballard’s request to allow more time for discovery to take place.

Ballard told Filip that “valuable discovery” was still taking place involving “extreme evidence” of importance to the case. Though Ballard said he had no complaints about the speed with which his office is receiving the evidence, he said it would be impossible to conduct a “valid exam” with evidence such as complete autopsy results still unaccounted for.

McKeon said her office is also still in the process of gathering evidence, and is currently waiting to receive more photographs of the crime scene, as well ballistic results.

Filip granted the request to push back the preliminary exam date, scheduling a third probable cause conference for Oct. 15, with “some testimony” tentatively set to begin Oct. 25.

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Borton was arraigned Tuesday, Aug. 24 on three counts of open murder, car theft, unauthorized use of a credit card and second offense of felon in possession of a firearm in connection with the recent triple homicide. Prosecutors stated during Borton’s arraignment the murder charges are backed up by cell phone tracking and photographic evidence collected at the scene.

Borton was staying at the home of the fatal shooting and was believed to have fled the scene in a vehicle owned by one of the victims, police said. The vehicle was recovered, along with several guns, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

Borton is being held without bond in the Jackson County Jail.

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