Overview

• Jonah Michael Poole and Kylee Alyssa Dakes, both 18 and Southern High School students, face charges including first- and second-degree murder, assault, conspiracy and arson in the May 24 death of Edward Stephen Koza
• Investigators say the pair bound and gagged Koza inside Tropic Bay Aquatic Garden Center then drove his truck to a gas station, doused it with gasoline and set it ablaze with him inside
• The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Koza’s death a homicide after an autopsy revealed blunt force trauma to his head
• Both suspects are held without bail at the Jennifer Road Detention Center and are scheduled for a preliminary hearing on June 25 in Annapolis District Court
• Poole also faces separate burglary and theft charges over an alleged break-in at the Pirates Cove Restaurant in Galesville that caused more than $6,000 in damages and $11,000 in stolen property