Jacqueline Avant’s suspected killer pleads not guilty to fatal shooting during alleged home invasion
The man suspected of killing Jacqueline Avant, the late wife of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Clarence Avant, pleaded not guilty Thursday to fatally shooting her and shooting at her security guard during a burglary in her Beverly Hills, California home. Aariel Maynor, 29, faces charges of murder, attempted murder, being a felon with a firearm as well as two counts of residential burglary with a person present. A judge set bail at $4.2 million. Aariel Maynor, 29, the man charged in the killing of Jacqueline Avant during an alleged home invasion, pleaded not guilty Thursday to multiple charges against him, including murder.