Overview
- Defense attorneys moved to dismiss the case or secure bond, arguing prosecutors failed to provide required discovery within the 21-day deadline.
- Lawyers said the only document they have reviewed is the probable cause affidavit, which they first obtained via social media rather than from the state.
- The judge declined to dismiss the charges or set bond and scheduled a Jan. 30 hearing at 10 a.m. for prosecutors and the Michigan Attorney General’s Office to explain the delay.
- Prosecutors said the case is complex and that discovery is still being compiled, and they urged the court to keep the defendants jailed without bond.
- Cortney, 40, and Bradly Bartholomew, 47, are charged with first-degree and felony murder, torture, unlawful imprisonment, and offenses related to causing a stillbirth in the death of 38-weeks-pregnant Rebecca Park, found Nov. 25 in the Manistee National Forest.