Campbellsville University campus murder update: Charles Escalera pleads not guilty
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The 21-year-old Campbellsville University student charged with murdering a fellow student in his dorm room late February pleaded not guilty Tuesday to all charges in Taylor Circuit Court. Charles Escalera faces multiple charges, including felony counts of murder and third-degree burglary in Taylor County as well as additional charges of burglary and fleeing or evading police — both in the second degree — in Green Circuit Court. With his bond set at $1 million in the Taylor Circuit Court case, he is currently in custody at the Taylor County Detention...
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