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Belknap pleads not guilty to four murders

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A man accused of brutally murdering four people says he did not do it.

During a hearing Tuesday in Nicholas County, James Belknap pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of Steven Hendrix, Amber Martin, and Hendrix's two children.

Their bodies were found in a wooded area in Nicholas County in May.

Authorities believe the murder was motivated by a drug debt.

Belknap's trial starts in April.