Trial Set for Lilburn Man in Death of Mercer Law Student

A Bibb County judge set the trial to begin Sept. 9. Stephen McDaniel is accused of killing and dismembering Lauren Giddings.

A trial date has been set for a Lilburn man accused in the killing and dismemberment of a Mercer University Law student in 2011, according to media reports.  Stephen McDaniel's trial is set for Sept. 9, according to reports. It was the earliest date that could be agreed upon, according to The Telegraph. McDaniel was Giddings' next-door neighbor at the time. Police later found her torso wrapped in plastic in a garbage bin next to the their Macon apartment building. He was formally charged in Lauren Giddings' death in August of 2011. Lilburn residents interviewed at the time said they remembered the Parkview High School graduate as “quiet,” “kind of socially awkward” and “weird." Nick Porter, a Parkview graduate who had Latin class with …

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Report: McDaniel Gets Conditional Bond in Giddings Murder Case

Stephen McDaniel was granted an $850,000 bond with conditions, 11Alive reported.

Stephen McDaniel, the man from Lilburn accused of murdering fellow law student Lauren Giddings in Macon, was may get out of jail on bond to stay with his parents in Lilburn, 11Alive reported. Bibb County Superior Court Judge Philip Brown granted McDaniel an $850,000 bond on the condition that McDaniel's lawyers prove their client isn't likely to flee and isn't a threat to others, according to the report. McDaniel last year was charged with murdering and dismembering Giddings. He also faces charges of 30 counts of child endangerment for alledged possession of child pornography. Brown set out five conditions, including that McDaniel must wear an ankle monitor at all times and stay at his parents' house except for court and lawyer …

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Lilburn Native Stephen McDaniel, Suspect in Lauren Gidding's Murder, Could Bond Out

Stephen McDaniel, the man accused of killing Agnes Scott and Mercer Law graduate Lauren Giddings, heads back to court Tuesday afternoon. McDaniel has an arraignment and a bond hearing before Superior Court Judge Phillip Brown.

Grand Jury Indicts McDaniel in Giddings Slaying

Jurors on Tuesday indicted Stephen McDaniel in the death of law student Lauren Giddings, his next-door neighbor.

Macon Police Search Again for Lauren Giddings' Remains, Report Says

Police are searching a landfill for the remains not yet found of the Mercer University Law School graduate.

Macon police are searching a Twiggs County landfill for the remains of Lauren Giddings, 11Alive reported, citing Associated Press. Stephen Mark McDaniel, 25, a Parkview High School graduate, was charged with Giddings' murder and dismemberment. McDaniel lived next door to Giddings in a Macon apartment building. Giddings was reported missing on June 25, and five days later, police found her torso wrapped in plastic in a garbage bin next to the apartment building. FBI agents and police officers have volunteered to help with the latest search, the report said.

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New Charges for Lilburn Man Accused in Macon Murder

Police charge Stephen McDaniel with seven counts of sexual exploitation of children.

Stephen McDaniel, the Lilburn native accused in the brutal June murder of his Macon law-school classmate, faces new charges of sexual exploitation of children, according to the Macon Police Department. According to a Macon PD press release, Police Chief Mike Burns and Bibb County District Attorney Greg Winters said warrants were signed Tuesday afternoon charging McDaniel with seven counts of sexual exploitation of children. McDaniel, 25, a Parkview High School graduate, is already in the Bibb County jail, accused in the murder of Lauren Giddings, a fellow graduate of the Mercer University law school and his next-door neighbor. According to this report by the Macon Telegraph, investigators found a computer flash drive in McDaniel’s …

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Murder Charge Draws Local Reaction

Former high-school classmates remember Stephen Mark McDaniel, who is charged with murder of Lauren Giddings in Macon.

The news of the former Parkview High School graduate being charged with a gruesome murder in Macon, drew some mixed responses to those who went to school and church with him in Lilburn. Stephen Mark McDaniel, 25, who is suspected in the killing and dismemberment of fellow Mercer Law School graduate Lauren Giddings, was described as “quiet,” “kind of socially awkward” and “weird” by former classmates. McDaniel, a 2004 Parkview graduate, had been in the Bibb County jail for the past month on unrelated burglary charges, according to jail records, before he was served a murder warrant Tuesday night for the death of Giddings, his next-door neighbor at a Macon apartment. Giddings had been reported missing June 25. On June 30, police found her …

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