A South Carolina man accused of killing two people will remain behind bars, despite his defense attorney saying that drug-laced "candy" is to blame for the alleged crime .

Zachary Elias, 28, faces several charges including two counts of murder in connection with a December 2024 shooting at Budiman's smoke shop in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Local newspaper The Herald was in the courtroom on Monday when a judge denied bail for Elias for a second time after his defense attorneys argued that their client was not to blame for his alleged actions — and that the psychedelic chocolate he bought at the store earlier that day was the real culprit.

The judge sided with prosecutors and surviving family members of the people Elias allegedly killed and ordered him to remain in jail until trial.

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