No Bond Set for Accused Killer

NORTH CHARLESTON - Chesley "CJ" Black will remain in jail awaiting his first General Sessions Court appearance.

Magistrate Judge Linda Lombard told Black during his bond hearing this morning that her court does not have the jurisdiction to set bond in his case and that only a General Sessions Court has that authority.

Black is charged with the murder of his wife Amanda Black. The couple has two daughters, ages 2 and 4, according to famliy members.

Amanda Black's sister Beverly Holcomb said her 4-year-old niece told her what had occurred at the Black home after Chesley Black dropped her off at Holcomb's home on Friday.

Holcomb said it took her an hour to get to Amanda after learning she had been stabbed, allegedly by Chesley Black.

More than a dozen friends and family members of Amanada Black attended the hearing and held an improptu and emotional press conference following the hearing.

"We had kind of suspected things all day because he didn't go to work that day, but he had said that his mom was in the hospital and when I asked where Amanda was he said she was tied up in the bathroom," Holcomb said fighting back tears.

"And I thought she was just going to the bathroom."