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Quinton Tellis walks into the DeSoto County Courthouse to enter a plea on Friday, July 15, 2016 in Hernando, Miss. Tellis has pleaded not guilty in the 2014 burning death of a Mississippi woman. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the grisly burning death of the 19-year-old, who died in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home.
Quinton Tellis walks into the DeSoto County Courthouse to enter a plea on Friday, July 15, 2016 in Hernando, Miss. Tellis has pleaded not guilty in the 2014 burning death of a Mississippi woman. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the grisly burning death of the 19-year-old, who died in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home.
Rogelio V. Solis, AP
Quinton Tellis reacts after one of his attorneys, Darla Palmer, left, pleads "not guilty"on his behalf at DeSoto County Courthouse on July 15, 2016, in Hernando, Miss. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the grisly burning death of the 19-year-old, who died in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home.
Quinton Tellis reacts after one of his attorneys, Darla Palmer, left, pleads "not guilty"on his behalf at DeSoto County Courthouse on July 15, 2016, in Hernando, Miss. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the grisly burning death of the 19-year-old, who died in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home.
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Circuit Judge Gerald Chatham, right, asks for the indictments be read for Quinton Tellis at the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando, Miss., on Friday, July 15, 2016 in Hernando, Miss. Tellis has pleaded not guilty in the 2014 burning death of a Mississippi woman. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the grisly burning death of the 19-year-old, who died in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home.
Circuit Judge Gerald Chatham, right, asks for the indictments be read for Quinton Tellis at the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando, Miss., on Friday, July 15, 2016 in Hernando, Miss. Tellis has pleaded not guilty in the 2014 burning death of a Mississippi woman. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the grisly burning death of the 19-year-old, who died in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home.
Rogelio V. Solis, AP
Circuit Judge Gerald Chatham asks for the indictments be read for Quinton Tellis at the DeSoto County Courthouse on Friday, July 15, 2016 in Hernando, Miss. Tellis has pleaded not guilty in the 2014 burning death of a Mississippi woman. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the grisly burning death of the 19-year-old, who died in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home.
Circuit Judge Gerald Chatham asks for the indictments be read for Quinton Tellis at the DeSoto County Courthouse on Friday, July 15, 2016 in Hernando, Miss. Tellis has pleaded not guilty in the 2014 burning death of a Mississippi woman. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the grisly burning death of the 19-year-old, who died in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home.
Rogelio V. Solis, AP
Quinton Tellis gestures to his family as he is escorted out of the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando on July 15, 2016. Tellis has pleaded not guilty in the 2014 burning death of a Mississippi woman. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the death of 19-year-old Jessica Chambers, who died in a Memphis hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home.
Quinton Tellis gestures to his family as he is escorted out of the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando on July 15, 2016. Tellis has pleaded not guilty in the 2014 burning death of a Mississippi woman. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the death of 19-year-old Jessica Chambers, who died in a Memphis hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home.
Rogelio V. Solis, AP
Quinton Tellis walks into the DeSoto County Courthouse to enter a plea on Friday, July 15, 2016 in Hernando, Miss. Tellis has pleaded not guilty in the 2014 burning death of a Mississippi woman. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the grisly burning death of the 19-year-old, who died in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Quinton Tellis walks into the DeSoto County Courthouse to enter a plea on Friday, July 15, 2016 in Hernando, Miss. Tellis has pleaded not guilty in the 2014 burning death of a Mississippi woman. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the grisly burning death of the 19-year-old, who died in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Rogelio V. Solis, AP
Quinton Tellis looks for his family as he walks out of the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando after pleading not guilty in the 2014 burning death of Jessica Chambers.
Quinton Tellis looks for his family as he walks out of the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando after pleading not guilty in the 2014 burning death of Jessica Chambers.
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Lisa Chambers, center, mother of Jessica Chambers who was burned to death in December of 2014, looks at the gathered media as she and her family await the DeSoto County Courthouse appearance of Quinton Tellis, Friday, July 15, 2016, in Hernando, Miss. Tellis has pleaded not guilty in the 2014 burning death of the Mississippi woman. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the grisly burning death of the 19-year-old, who died in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home.
Lisa Chambers, center, mother of Jessica Chambers who was burned to death in December of 2014, looks at the gathered media as she and her family await the DeSoto County Courthouse appearance of Quinton Tellis, Friday, July 15, 2016, in Hernando, Miss. Tellis has pleaded not guilty in the 2014 burning death of the Mississippi woman. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the grisly burning death of the 19-year-old, who died in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home.
Rogelio V. Solis, AP
Quniton Tellis exits the DeSoto County Courthouse, Friday, July 15, 2016 in Hernando. Tellis has pleaded not guilty in the 2014 burning death of a Mississippi woman. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the grisly burning death of the 19-year-old, who died in a Memphis hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home.
Quniton Tellis exits the DeSoto County Courthouse, Friday, July 15, 2016 in Hernando. Tellis has pleaded not guilty in the 2014 burning death of a Mississippi woman. Panola County District Attorney John Champion said charging Tellis ended a lengthy investigation into the grisly burning death of the 19-year-old, who died in a Memphis hospital hours after being found near her burned-out vehicle on a road not far from her home.
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