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Jennifer Earnest and Sara Duncan Police photos
Two women charged with obstruction of justice in the murders of five family members in Beason, Illinois will apparently wait out their legal proceedings in Florida.
The State Journal - Register reports this morning that Jennifer Earnest, 24, was granted a bond reduction yesterday and the court gave her permission to move to Florida to be with her family.
Her family includes her mother, Sara Duncan, who is also charged with obstruction. Duncan is a resident of Sarasota but was in Illinois at the time of the murders.
Police allege Duncan and Earnest gave false alibis for the two men charged with the murders of the Rick Gee family. They are brothers Chris and Jason Harris. Earnest is Jason Harris' girlfriend and they have a child together.
Both Earnest and Duncan have pleaded not guilty. Duncan was able to post bond earlier this week. She is employed by a insurance company in Florida. The State Journal - Register reports Earnest is still trying to come up with her bond money, but now that it has been reduced to $10,000, she apparently has a good chance of making bond. Earnest has been in jail since she was arrested October 7.
Rick and Ruth Gee and three of their children were found bludgeoned to death in their home September 21. A 3-year-old child survived the attack.
This week a grand jury returned a nearly 60 count indictment against each of the Harris brothers. In addition to the murders, investigators also charged the brothers with robbery and the attempted sexual assault of Gee's 16-year-old daughter, Justina. Police say the weapon used to murder Justina and the rest of her family was most likely a tire iron.
The Harris brothers knew the Gee family because Chris was the ex-husband of Nicole Gee, the 27-year-old daughter of Rick. Nicole lived down the block from her family.
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