Missouri prosecutors say a man held for the murders of two Wisconsin brothers hatched another scheme while he was behind bars.
Garland Nelson is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Nicholas and Justin Diemel of Shawano County.
In a separate case, authorities accuse Nelson of convincing another jail inmate to move a tractor-trailer he didn’t own.
That theft charge was dismissed earlier this week when a key witness was placed in COVID-19 quarantine, but it was refiled.
Nelson is scheduled to make a court appearance in Caldwell County this morning (August 5th).
His trial in the murder of the Diemel brothers is set for next June in Johnson County, Missouri.
The state has indicated it will seek the death penalty.
