Crime & Safety

Rapper YNW Melly Double Murder Trial Delayed In Fort Lauderdale

Jury selection is set to get underway for up-and-coming rapper YNW Melly who is charged in a double murder.

(Jenna Fisher/Patch)

April 22, 2022

UPDATE: Jury selection in the murder trial of Jamell Demons was posted Wednesday for at least a week to give the judge and lawyers time to work their way through last-minute motions and pre-trial hearings.

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Rapper Jamell Demons, who goes by YNW Melly, and Cortlen Henry are accused of killing Anthony Williams and Christopher Thomas Jr. on October 26th, 2018.

Miramar police said Demons shot both men and that he and Henry staged the crime scene to make it look like a drive-by shooting.

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