THREE MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING A KINGSPORT TEEN HAVE ENTERED NOT GUILTY PLEAS IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 19 YEAR OLD ASHTON PHILIP, 19 YEAR OLD ALDEAN BOWMAN, AND 18 YEAR OLD PATRICK CAMP ARE CHARGED WITH FRIST DEGREE MURDER IN THE KILLING OF 19 YEAR OLD DERICK KESSE. KESSE WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS NORTH JOHN B. DENNIS APARTMENT APRIL 20TH. HE HAD BEEN GAGGED AND BEATEN. IT WAS DETERMINED HE DIED FROM ASPHYXIATION. NEARLY $1,000 WAS FOUND MISSING FROM A SAFE IN THE APARTMENT. PHILIP, BOWMAN, AND CAMP PLED NOT GUILTY TO PREMEDITATED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, FELONY MURDER, ESPECIALLY AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, AND ESPECIALLY AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING. THE TRIO WILL NOT BE TRIED TOGETHER. CAMP’S TRIAL IS SET FOR MAY 18TH WITH PHILIP AND BOWMAN TO BE TRIED ON JUNE 22ND.