LAKEPORT— A Lakeport woman arrested in relation to a murder case was in custody and recently appeared at the Lake County Superior Court for a bail review hearing.
The Court took up the bail review hearing and the probation officer's assessment was read and considered.
Defense counsel for the defendant, Melinda Mildred Fred, 39, presented exhibits, which were letters in support of defendant and the victim's registration under Megan's Law.
Megan's Law is the name for a federal law in the United States requiring law enforcement authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders. Laws were created in response to the murder of Megan Kanka.
The matter was argued and submitted.
The motion to reduce bail was denied and the Court stated the issue may be revisited after the preliminary hearing.
The matter has been set for a master calendar call with the preliminary hearing set for July 2023.
The defendant is ordered to be present.
In May, during an arraignment hearing, the Court appointed Thomas C. Quinn as counsel for the defendant.
Bail was set in the amount of $1 million and bail was not argued at that time.
A copy of the complaint was provided to the defendant by the jail staff.
The defendant has been charged with murder, assault with a deadly weapon that is not a firearm (with gross bodily injury likely) and inflict corporal injury on spouse/cohabitant.
The charges stem from an incident in May when Lake County Sheriff's deputies responded to a 911 call in the early morning hours that someone had been stabbed on Red Feather Lane in Lakeport.
According to Lake County Sheriff Lt. Lucas Bingham, deputies located Christopher Aaron Burrows on the ground with a stab wound.
Life-saving measures were unsuccessful as Burrows succumbed to his injuries. He was declared dead at the scene.
Upon an investigation, which included video surveillance and reviews, Melinda Fred was questioned by detectives. She was arrested and booked into the Lake County Jail.
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