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In the perpetration of a kidnapping. officials found fletcher's body monday behind a vacant duplex. >> this investigation moved so quickly. gary tuchman has been following the story. he's in memphis with the latest. court appearance this morning. what do we expect to see? >> reporter: well, jim and poppy, the man accused of killing eliza fletcher will have a second arraignment in two days. today's will be on these two first degree murder counts. yesterday he was arained on a kidnapping count and tampering with evidence. the reason the counts weren't together and when arraignment is because her...

That there will be parole? >> well, yes, although really given the way that this particular case was structured, several of those underlying felony counts were merged into the murder counts. and the additional ones would be for the most part con current to both each other and the murder sentence. so at the end of the day the question is really life, you're going to serve 30 years and be considered for parole or serve the rest of your life in prison. >> areva, we heard from ahmaud arbery's brother and sister offering the rebuttal to the st statement from one of the defense attorneys from the tr...

Attorney page pate. page, let me start with you. and i read at the top here that there are some minimum sentencing laws there in georgia that require them to be in prison for a very long time. what is and is not this judge deciding? >> well, victor, as far as the murder counts, there is really own one decision. will he allow the defendants the possibility to seek parole after they've served 30 years in prison. it is a life sentence that is required for both malice murder, which is what travis mcmichael is convicted, and felony murder which is what the other two were convicted of. the only disc...

Neighbor william roddy bryan were found guilty in november on multiple murder counts, as well as other charges for arbery's death in 2020. cnn national correspondent ryan young, tonight, has details. >> today, the defendants are being held accountable for their actions. >> reporter: two of the three men convicted of killing ahmaud arbery. travis and gregory mcmichael received life without the possibility of parole. >> after ahmaud arbery fell, the mcmichaels turned their backs to a disturbing image and whacked away. this was a killing. it was callous. >> reporter: sentenced to serve life with ...

James and jennifer crumbley were arraigned in court today and you can see them in the top left corner of the screen. they are now facing four charges each of involuntary manslaughter. >> do you understand that you're charged with count 4 for the death of justin schilling of involuntary manslaughter, which is punishable by up to 15 years in prison, along with mandatory dna testing. >> i understand. >> they each pleaded not guilty to all the charges against them. cnn was there as the couple was taken into custody, following an hours-long manhunt that ended when police got a tip and tracked them ...