Former Baptist minister Matt Baker is back in McLennan County after being transferred Friday to the county jail from the Kerr County Jail.Baker, 37, was booked into the McLennan County Jail at 7:35 p.m., a jail spokeswoman said, and was still being held on a $500,000 bond.
He was indicted on a murder charge Wednesday in the April 2006 death of his 31-year-old wife, Kari, a teacher and the mother of his two daughters, and surrendered to Kerr County officials Thursday afternoon.
Baker is expected to remain jailed at least until a hearing Wednesday, when his attorney, Richard Ellison, of Kerrville, will ask 19th State District Judge Ralph Strother to reduce his bond.
Baker, who has denied the allegations, and his two daughters have been living with his parents in Kerrville since shortly after his wife’s death, which initially was ruled a suicide by sleeping—pill overdose.
Hewitt police, Texas Rangers and the district attorney’s office reopened the case at the urging of Kari Baker’s parents, Linda and James Dulin, who do not believe their daughter committed suicide.
The indictment against Baker alleges he gave her drugs and then suffocated her with a pillow. Officials say Baker then tried to make her death appear to be a suicide.
Hewitt police found a typed, unsigned note near her bed that they initially believed to be a suicide note.
Baker’s daughters will remain with his parents in Kerrville, Ellison has said
Baker is expected to remain jailed at least until a hearing Wednesday, when his attorney, Richard Ellison, of Kerrville, will ask 19th State District Judge Ralph Strother to reduce his bond.
Baker, who has denied the allegations, and his two daughters have been living with his parents in Kerrville since shortly after his wife’s death, which initially was ruled a suicide by sleeping—pill overdose.
Hewitt police, Texas Rangers and the district attorney’s office reopened the case at the urging of Kari Baker’s parents, Linda and James Dulin, who do not believe their daughter committed suicide.
The indictment against Baker alleges he gave her drugs and then suffocated her with a pillow. Officials say Baker then tried to make her death appear to be a suicide.
Hewitt police found a typed, unsigned note near her bed that they initially believed to be a suicide note.
Baker’s daughters will remain with his parents in Kerrville, Ellison has said
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