Court Dates Scheduled for Dallas County Murder Suspects

Three of the five people arrested in connection to a Dallas County murder have appeared in court.  Initial appearances have been made by Jeffery Stevenson, Kody Wilson, and Cody Depriest.  They’ll all be back in court again next week, along with Billy Sage Medley.  Stevenson and Medley are accused of killing Joe and Brandy Allen.  Depriest and Wilson are accused of abandonment of a corpse.  They’ll all appear October 16^th for those charges.  Wilson also has a hearing scheduled for October 22^nd on a charge of hindering prosecution by harboring a fugitive.  He’s already entered a plea of “not guilty” to that charge.  One other person, Athena Venable, is still awaiting a court appearance after she also allegedly helped hide Billy Medley.