Friday, April 19, 1996 | 11:59 a.m.
The three people charged in the Lone Star restaurant murders -- including a fired employee and a 15-year-old boy -- made their first court appearance today in Las Vegas.
"I find you three are a menace to society," Justice of the Peace Doug Smith said before ordering that the defendants be held without bail.
They will appear again Tuesday in Smith's courtroom for arraignment on murder charges and to have attorneys appointed to represent them. Marlo Thomas, 23, Angie Love, 22, and 15-year-old Kenya Hall each said they were unable to hire lawyers.
The trio were returned Wednesday from Mineral County, 310 miles north of Las Vegas, to face the charges in the assault Monday on the restaurant at Cheyenne Avenue and Rainbow Boulevard.
Matthew Gianakis, 21, of Las Vegas and Carl Dixon, 23, of North Las Vegas were stabbed to death after two people entered through the restaurant's rear door and demanded money from three employees, police alleged.
The bandits were armed with a pistol and a knife from the kitchen.
Gianakis was stabbed and staggered out the back door to a Rebel convenience store next door, where he collapsed. He died about three hours later during surgery at University Medical Center.
Dixon was murdered inside the restaurant but his body wasn't discovered for about 45 minutes.
While police have alleged that robbery was the primary motive, revenge has not been ruled out.
Thomas was fired from the restaurant six weeks prior to the killing after working there for three months.
The defendants were captured by Mineral County sheriff's deputies while riding in Love's car about 10 miles south of Hawthorne.
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