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Bond Denied for Houston Man Charged With Killing Boy, 11

Editor's Note: The murder charge against Che Lajuan Calhoun was dropped Friday, May 20 after detectives found physical evidence he was in a suburb south of Houston at the time Josue Flores was killed.

Bond was denied Thursday for a man charged with the fatal stabbing of an 11-year-old Houston boy as the child walked home from school.

Harris County jail records show 31-year-old Che Lajuan Calhoun was being held Friday on murder, evading arrest and assault charges.

Online records don't list an attorney to speak for Calhoun, who's charged in Tuesday's slaying of Josue Flores, who police said was stabbed in an unprovoked attack. Calhoun was arrested the next day on a murder warrant.

Officials say the evading arrest and assault charges allege Calhoun was in a fight earlier this week and fled from police.

A funeral mass for Josue will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Name Catholic Church in Houston, with burial at Historic Hollywood Cemetery.

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