Suspect in murder of Milwaukee mail carrier appears in federal court

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- One of the suspects accused of murdering a Milwaukee mail carrier appeared in federal court Tuesday afternoon.

Twenty-six-year-old Charles Ducksworth Jr. waived his preliminary hearing.

He'll be arraigned next Thursday, Jan. 19.

Ducksworth is charged with murdering 44-year-old Aundre Cross Dec. 9. 

Federal investigators believe Ducksworth and another suspect, 36-year-old Kevin McCaa, were tracking a shipment of drugs that went missing the week before the murder.

McCaa is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday, Jan. 11.

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