Fitness Hearing Delayed For Man Accused In Fatal Chick-Fil-A Stabbing: Report

OSWEGO, IL — The fitness hearing for the man accused of stabbing a man to death inside Chick-fil-A in Oswego was delayed Dec. 30 because the defendant refused to be transported to the Kendall County Courthouse, according to a report from WSPY News.

Lee is also accused of stabbing a second man in an attack outside the Chick-fil-A restaurant, hours after the killing in October.

"The Kendall County Jail informed us that he refused to be transported over this morning for the fitness hearing," Kendall County Public Defender Jason Majer said of his client, Daryl Lee Jr., per the report. "Statutorily, I believe he has to be here. We cannot waive his presence unless we have a doctor's note, which we do not, and we do have to have the hearing within forty-five days."

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The now-20-year-old Lee, of Kankakee, is facing several charges, including first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, in connection to the double stabbing at the fast-food restaurant on Route 34 in Oswego. Police say Tracey J. Land, 52, of Bridgeview, was making a delivery inside the restaurant when he was stabbed to death by Lee, who then attacked two maintenance workers outside the business about two hours later, Patch reported.

Prosecutors and attorneys agreed to reschedule the hearing to Jan. 6 for an update, WSPY reported. In mid-November, Lee pleaded not guilty to the double stabbings.

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