A Nevada judge on Friday ordered the man accused of abducting and killing 18-year-old Naomi Orion, who was last seen in a Walmart parking lot, be held without bail before a future court date. Troy Driver, 41, appeared at the hearing via video from Lyon County Jail in Fernley, where he is being held since his March 25 arrest. Irion’s body was found March 30 in a remote part of the state. Prosecutors say Diver, a Fallon-based mining service worker, abducted Orion in her car from a Walmart car park in Fernley on March 12, shooting her deadly and burying her body. They claim that he threw away the tires of his truck to try to cover up the crime. NAOMI IRION IS INVESTIGATED AS A MURDERER CAUSE OF DEATH Naomi Irion for the abduction of Troy Driver. A Nevada judge on Friday ordered the driver to be held in jail without bail. (Lyon County Sheriff’s Office) Surveillance video released by police showed a man, identified by prosecutors as a Driver, walking from a nearby homeless camp, entering Irion’s 1992 Mercury Sable and driving away with her as a co-driver. Churchill County Sheriff’s Office said Irion was shot in the head and chest. Davis’s attorney, Richard Davis, said his client claimed he was innocent, but had no objection to staying in jail as Davis examines the evidence being collected and is conducting his own investigation. It was hinted that he might try to relocate the case based on the intense interest he has attracted in the small town of about 20,000, a 30-minute drive east of Reno. Naomi Irion (Irion family) “Certainly this is a terrible tragedy that has caused a ripple across the community, affecting the potential jury on the street,” Davis told reporters outside the court. Irion lived in Fernley with her brother, Casey Valley. He led the search for his sister after leaving home before dawn on March 12 to catch a bus from the Walmart parking lot to work at a Panasonic plant. In an interview with reporters outside the court, Valley said he was relieved to know Driver would not be released. Naomi Irion (Sheriff of Lyon County) CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION “The suspect is innocent until proven guilty,” he said. “It’s a relief to know that someone with this kind of suspicion will not hurt someone else right now.” The driver’s next court date is May 10th. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
