CHICAGO _ A Plainfield, Ill., teen charged with fatally shooting his parents at Central Michigan University last week still has "great love" and support from his relatives, an attorney said Monday.
James Eric Davis Jr., 19, remained hospitalized after being arrested Saturday and charged with two counts of murder and a weapons violation in the deaths of James Eric Davis Sr. and Diva Davis.
Authorities hope a court hearing will be held Tuesday for the teen, whose bail was set at $3 million.
A wake for the youth's parents will be 4-8 p.m. Friday at the Johnson Funeral Home, 5838 W. Division, Chicago, according to attorney Brent Hopper, a spokesman for the family. Funeral services will be Saturday, at a time to be determined.
Davis is accused of shooting his parents to death after they came to pick him up following an earlier hospitalization for erratic behavior.
He was arrested following an intensive manhunt around the Mount Pleasant, Mich., campus and is currently in custody in a hospital in that area.
Hopper said Monday that while relatives were working on a public statement, "they want Eric to know that the has not been abandoned, and that they still have their great love for him and support him."
The $3 million bail was set Friday on the basis of the arrest warrant for Davis before he had been apprehended, according to Jodi Allen, chief assignment clerk for the Isabella County District Court.
Generally, people must appear for arraignment and a bond hearing within 72 hours of their arrest in Michigan, but Davis has not yet appeared for the hearing because he remains hospitalized.
Allen said authorities hope to hold the hearing Tuesday. She said they are exploring whether they can hold the hearing via video if Davis is still in the hospital.
Campus police said video surveillance shows Davis leaving his dorm, going to the family vehicle and returning with a handgun that belonged to his father.
Davis Sr. was a police officer in Bellwood and a retired Illinois National Guardsman. His wife had been a real estate agent and a flight attendant with American Airlines, friends said.
Their eldest son, Russell, posted a Facebook message over the weekend asking the public and the media not to rush to judgment against his brother, and Hopper said the family was asking for privacy.
"They have not had an opportunity to properly grieve because of the media involvement _ to the point that their (the Davis') minor daughter, somebody got a hold of her cell phone number and was trying to contact her. Contacting a minor is not good," he said.
Hopper said the family has received no additional information from investigators about what led to the deadly shooting, and have had not contact with Davis Jr.
"The only way they have received any information has been through the media, and one of the family members went up to try and see him (Davis Jr.) and they did not allow that," Hopper said.
