A D.C. Superior Court judge on Friday ordered the suspect in the stabbing death of a Virginia woman in a hotel in March to be held without bond.
Judge Robert Okun determined during a preliminary hearing there is probable cause for prosecutors to seek first-degree murder charges against George Sydnor Jr., 43.
But Judge Okun found it improbable that Sydnor, who stands at 6-foot-4, was in fear of Bautista, who was roughly 5 feet tall. Security camera footage played during the hearing showed the assailant lurking outside Bautista’s room after riding a bike into the hotel parking lot on March 31. Bautista’s bloodied body was face down on the floor, and Sydnor was trying to light a cigarette, police said. A large kitchen knife with a half-broken blade was found next to Sydnor’s jacket, according to the documents.
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