Case against 19-year-old charged in double murder can go to trial in Orange Co., judge rules

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The 19-year-old charged in a December 2024 double murder in Orange County was back in court Thursday.

Kenyon Cameron's case was brought before the judge for a probable cause hearing. A probable cause hearing determines if there is enough evidence to try the accused for a crime.

The judge ruled there is enough evidence against Cameron to move the case to trial. The district attorney's office says this is just one of the many processes before a trial date can be set. They also have to present the case to a grand jury.

Cameron is facing two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the death of 16-year-old Zikera Wardlow and 20-year-old De'Anthony Morgan.

Hillsborough police arrested Cameron during a traffic stop on Wednesday, January 15.

On, Monday, December 30, authorities found the two dead inside a car on a dead-end road in Hillsborough near Interstate 85.

The relationship between the suspect, Wardlow and Morgan hasn't been revealed.

Zikera's mom said after the hearing on Thursday she doesn't recognize Cameron and doesn't know his connection to her daughter.

Wardlow was a sophomore on the girl's basketball team at Discovery Charter School in Durham and had hopes of playing college basketball.

The DA's office hasn't set the next court date but did say it will be in Superior Court.

Cameron's mother tells ABC11 she believes her son is innocent but declined to elaborate.