LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A man has pleaded not guilty to three different homicide cases that happened in just more than two years.

A Jefferson County Grand Jury indicted 22-year-old Deonize Lee, Jr. this week in two murders, including one of a woman and her unborn child. This happened while he was already in custody for the killing of his stepfather.

Lee’s bond was initially set at $1 million, but in court on Friday, Judge Annie O’Connell said she found that amount excessive due to the suspect’s financial means, so she lowered it to $150,000. However, she recognized Lee is charged with many “extremely serious offenses.”

The indictment charges Lee with murder in a July 9, 2023, homicide in the 2000 block of Wilson Ave. That case, which happened in the Park Hill neighborhood, involves th

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