As murder suspect Holley Harvey wept and kept her head on the desk, Superior

Court Judge Pascal English denied bond to Harvey and her alleged accomplice

in crime,Sandy Ketchum.

With a packed courtroom of curious family and residents looking on and four

cameras filming every word, English said the teenage girls posed a flight

risk.

Harvey,15, and Ketchum, 16, are being held in the brutal slayings of Sarah

and Carl Collier in their north Fayette home Aug 2. A charge of armed robbery

was also added to both girls' rap sheet during Thursday's bond

hearing.

As the teenage girls were led into the courtroom, members of the Ketchum

family and Collier family sat on opposite sides of the courtroom and watched

as two of Fayette's youngest killers were led to the defense table.

Harvey showed no emotion as she entered, while Ketchum appeared red-eyed

as she looked at her family seated less than 10 feet from her.

Ketchum's attorney, Lloyd Walker, called two witnesses to the stand;

Sandy's father, Timothy, and her step-mother, Elizabeth.

Timothy, who appeared drained from the emotional strain of the last two

weeks, told the audience about Sandy's youth.

"She's lived with me since she was 15 months old. Her mother didn't

want to have anything to do with her," he said.

Sandy then next encountered a series of step-mothers. The first stepmom

was good to Sandy, but had aneurysms on the brain and "kind of vegetabilized

before she died."

Ketchum said the second stepmom was physically abusive to Sandy and characterized

the relationship as "bad."

"She always tried to get Sandy in trouble," he said.

For the last four years, Timothy has been married to Elizabeth, who he said

had a good relationship with Sandy.

But a less than perfect family life was not Sandy's only problem. Her

father said that Sandy had failed drug tests on probation in Coweta County.

"She was on probation for running away, failing the drug test and obstruction," he

recounted.

But earlier this summer, Sandy decided she wanted to try and establish a

life with her birth mother, Sandra Maddox, in Griffin. Ketchum talked it

over with Sandy's probation officer and they agreed to give it a shot,

but with one caveat. There would be no contact between Sandy and Holly.

But Maddox did not listen to the warnings, and let Sandy and Harvey hang

out together.

The next witness called was Sandy's latest stepmother, Elizabeth Ketchum.

Elizabeth said Sandy was placed on one-day community service for her drug

test violation, but said she had no major problems with her stepdaughter.

"Sandy and I have always gotten along," she said.

In cross-examination, chief assistant district attorney Dan Hiatt asked

Sandy's father about her temper and he admitted that she hid a lot of

knives in her room when she got upset.

During the testimony, Harvey rested her head on the defense table, while

Ketchum occasionally dabbed at her eyes with a tissue,

Fayette Sheriff's Department Lt. Colonel Bruce Jordan told the audience

how Harvey tried to escape shortly after she was arrested.

"She tried to slip out of her handcuffs, but I put a knee to her back," he

said.

Jordan said that Carl Collier was found face down in the kitchen with at

least 15 stab wounds, while Sarah Collier was found in the basement with

more than 20 slashes.

When Harvey and Ketchum were arrested, Jordan said they found the three

knives that were missing from the Colliers' kitchen.

Defense attorney Lloyd Walker pleaded with the court to realize his client

was a juvenile and the circumstances of her life.

"A lot of people have failed her. We can't forget that they are

children," he said.

In denying bond, English made clear his intentions about the case.

"This is not going to sit around. This is going to be tried."

English closed the proceedings and Harvey and Collier were led