NEW HAVEN — A 21-year-old man was arraigned Wednesday for a fourth homicide, the latest charge stemming from a 2007 killing he allegedly committed when he was 17.

Zackery Cody Franklin, shown in the photo in court, who is jailed on three other murder charges, said nothing in court when he was arraigned for the December 2007 slaying of Jeremiah Johnson, 32, whose body was found near the entrance of East Rock Park at the Hamden town line.

His alleged accomplice, John Torry Denby, 27, also is in jail in lieu of nearly $400,000 bail stemming from drug sale arrests.

Their public defender and court bond commissioner acknowledged that bond for both was “academic” given the fact that they have been unable to post the existing bonds.The bail commissioner noted that Franklin already was jailed in lieu of more than $5 million bail in the other cases.

Regardless of any new bond on top of that, it seemed impossible he would be able to post it. Franklin, of West Haven, has been charged with killing three people in two cities. Johnson was the fourth. He is accused of killing Ryan Barnaby in 2011 when the victim allegedly showed up to sell him a gun in Edgewood Park. Last July, he allegedly killed a man in Waterbury when, while celebrating his 21st birthday, he tried to rob him of his three-wheeled motorcycle.

That same month in New Haven, he allegedly killed John-Claude James in the Hill during a robbery involving a gold chain.

Franklin fled the state and was arrested in November in Virginia.

In court Wednesday, he stuck out his tongue to someone in the gallery and smiled.

Even the defense acknowledged that the question of bail was largely academic since the 21-year-old was jailed in lieu of $3.6 million for two other killings and on Tuesday faced a third murder charge.

Zackery Cody Franklin said nothing during his arraignment Tuesday except to say he understood his right to remain silent.

Franklin, of West Haven, is charged with killing three people in two cities, including Ryan Barnaby, in New Haven on May 23, 2011 and John-Claude James on July 6, 2011. Barnaby's killing was the case that brought Franklin to court. Barnaby was shot in the head in a robbery. According to a witness, he also was Franklin’s gun supplier.

Zackery Cody Franklin

NEW HAVEN - Police have obtained an arrest warrant charging a city man, 21, in the 2011 shooting death of Ryan Barnaby, 35, of Waterbury.

Zackery Cody Franklin, who is currently incarcerated at Whalley Avenue Correctional Facility in connection with two other homicides, will be charged with felony murder, murder, carrying a pistol without a permit, criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, first-degree robbery and second-degree larceny, police said in a statement.

Franklin already is being held on a charge of murder for the death of John Claude-James on July 9, 2011 in New Haven, and a murder committed in Waterbury, Connecticut on July 8, 2011, police said.

Barnaby died from a single fatal gunshot wound to the head. He was found in Edgewood Park. The death was ruled a homicide.

Barnaby lived in Waterbury with his wife and four children. He had family on Edgewood Avenue in New Haven as well. He had left there to return home, they said, but never made it.

His body was discovered after an extensive search of the 120-acre park, just two blocks from his relatives’ home. He had worked at Southern Connecticut State University for the last 17 years in the dietary department.

Victim: Ryan Oneil Barnaby, 34, of Waterbury

Date: May 23, 2011

Time: 9:30 p.m.

Neighborhood: Edgewood

Location: Edgewood Park

Weapon: Gun

Arrests: Zackery Cody Franklin, already incarcerated charged on March 13, 2012.

Ryan Oneil Barnaby, 34, of Waterbury, is found shot to death in Edgewood Park early on May 24 after an extensive search. He was shot in the head. A witness reports seeing him walk into the park then hearing a gunshot. The witness reports seeing two women who had been in Barnaby’s car leave the area on foot a short time later. On March 13, 2012, Zackary Cody Franklin of West Haven is charged with Barnaby's killing. Franklin was already in custody and facing charges for two other murders, including John-Claude James who was shot and killed on July 9, 2011.

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