Family members say goodbye to Mikeal Sardarov, who stood next to his defense attorney Michael Hartley at the conclusion of his bond hearing Thursday morning, Aug. 18, 2016. Sardarov was denied bond. A judge denied bond Thursday for a Roanoke man charged last month in the death of an infant, but he also agreed to review the matter again, once additional information is available.
Mikeal Rafayel Sardarov, 22, is accused of killing Liam Fink, his girlfriend’s 5-month-old nephew, who died March 1 of blunt force trauma. Police have said the injuries occurred two days earlier, while Sardarov was baby-sitting the boy at a home on Dona Drive.
On July 5, Sardarov was indicted on charges of murder, child abuse and child neglect. He turned himself in the next day and has been jailed ever since.