BURLINGTON — A July 30 trial starting date has been scheduled for two men accused of beating to death a man at a Burlington apartment complex.
Des Moines County District Court records say Majestic Malone and Markell Price have pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping. They’re accused of killing Edward Breuer on March 17.
A trial date has not yet been set for a third defendant, Stanley Baldwin, who’s charged with willful injury.
Court documents say Malone and Price forced Breuer inside an apartment after Baldwin accused Breuer of breaking into it. Neighbors in the same complex said Breuer had been visiting them earlier that evening.
The documents say Malone and Price carried Breuer back out of the apartment several minutes later and laid him face down in the dirt before Price poured a can of soda over Breuer’s head.