(WWJ) "The prosecution has met their burden for probable cause."
That was the ruling Wednesday from a judge in the case against Jaylin Brazier — the cousin of missing Eastpointe teenager Zion Foster — meaning Brazier will now stand trial for murder in her presumed death.
Foster, who was 17 years old when she disappeared in January 2022, has never been found despite an extensive months-long search in a Macomb County landfill.
Brazier, now 24, admitted that Foster died while they were hanging out, but insisted that he didn't kill her, according to police.
Authorities last summer searched the landfill after Brazier told police she'd stopped breathing while they were smoking pot, and that he'd dumped her body in a dumpster.
Judge Kenneth King, who bound Brazier over for trial for murder on Wednesday, isn't buying the young man's story.
"Why don't you call EMS? Why don't you try to get some help for your cousin who you think is in trouble, if you didn't do anything wrong?" King asked. "Are we that selfish of a people now to where your loved one is sitting right in front of you dying, and you're more concerned about yourself and what people may think?"
As for evidence presented in the case, prosecutors say the defendant Googled: "What is the force of a garbage truck compactor?"
As Brazier awaits his trial to begin next week, WWJ's Zach Clark digs through the latest information in this sensational case on a new episode of The Daily J podcast.
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