NASSAU-A teenager accused of raping and killing his grandaunt and cousin in Long Island showed no emotion when he appeared before a magistrate today.
Nathan Harding, of Salt Pond, Long Island, is charged with the murder and rapes of Jane Harding, 62, and her daughter, Melissa Hui, 34.
They were reported missing on February 25. Their disappearance became a murder investigation on February 28, when a search team found them buried in shallow graves on a beach in Long Island.
Harding did not have to enter pleas to the charges when he made his initial court appearance before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt.
The magistrate directed that Harding undergo a psychiatric examination while on remand at the prison.
Ferguson-Pratt made the order after Harding’s lawyer, Bjorn Ferguson, said he had tried to hurt himself.
Harding returns to court on May 21.
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