Veronica Mazeka

He was a Golden Ticket winner.

He described himself as a music pastor who absolutely loves to sing.

Hey, Andrea.

So this was Nick's arraignment.

That is usually when a defendant formally hears the charges against them and enters a plea.

Nick's arraignment was originally scheduled for early January, but his previous defense attorney, Alan Jackson, who you know, Andrea, from the Karen Reed case, withdrew at the last minute.

So the hearing got pushed to this week.

According to our producer in court, Nick walked in wearing a jumpsuit with a buzz cut and a scruffy beard.

He talked to his public defender and then he slumped over when he got into the glass box where defendants go during the hearing.

He waived his right to a speedy trial and pleaded not guilty to the two murder counts he's facing.

They are waiting on a coroner's report, but the majority of discovery has been turned over to the defense.

He said that the prosecutors are considering whether to pursue the death penalty in this case, though.

Nick's sister and brother have not attended any of the hearings.

Back in January, they did issue a statement through a family spokesperson saying that they have the utmost trust in the legal process.

Dale is accused of murdering his wife, Dee, back in 2021 and hiding her body in a fertilizer tank on his farm.

He has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and tampering with evidence.

The prosecutors painted the portrait of a troubled marriage.

Dee's former nanny and personal assistant, Madison Wolfe, testified that Dee started talking about divorce three years before she disappeared.

Yes.

Most of the time Dee slept on the couch and Dale would sleep in the bedroom.