NEWARK, N.J. – 2 men have pleaded not guilty to burning 5 New Jersey youngsters to death in 1978 in a suspected dispute over stolen marijuana.53-old Philander Hampton and 56-year-old Lee Evans appeared in court Wednesday in Newark in the presence of several dozen relatives of the victims. Their attorneys entered their pleas.
A judge sustained bail for both men at $5 million each. They are each charged with five counts of murder and one count of arson.
The break in one of the state's longest missing-persons case came when a relation of one of the victims said Lee Evans confessed to him 18 months ago.
Essex County prosecutors believe the boys were herded at gunpoint into a deserted building and the building was put on fire.
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