KINGSTON, MO (WTAQ) – A preliminary hearing was postponed Thursday for the man accused of killing two Shawano County brothers.
Garland Nelson faces a series of charges, including two counts of murder in the first degree, for the deaths of Justin and Nick Diemel.
A hearing set for Thursday was postponed to Jan. 9 at the defense’s request, court records show.
Brothers Nick Diemel, 35, and Justin Diemel, 24, were reported missing July 21. They had been visiting Nelson’s farm in northwestern Missouri while on a trip related to their cattle business.
Court documents say Nelson fatally shot the brothers who came to collect a $250,000 check, then burned their bodies.
The probable cause statement says Nelson abandoned a pickup truck the brothers had rented. He then used a skid loader bucket to move the large metal barrels containing the brothers’ bodies to a pasture, where he burned them. He said he dumped what was left of the remains on a manure pile and used the skid loader to crush the barrels.
