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Judge denies bond for 2 men accused in killing of Applebee’s manager

By Daniel Funke
July 9, 2015

The two men allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of an Applebee’s restaurant manager in Fayetteville last month will remain in jail until their trial.

“We feel like we have to be here,” Smith’s cousin Jessalyn Dorsey told Channel 2. “The family wants to send a statement to them that we miss our loved one and we’re gonna be here to make sure that justice is done.”

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