Center , his attorney , Ron Harrison , said Tuesday . His preliminary hearing likely will come next week , Harrison said . The elder Heinze told relatives about the award days before his death , family members said . Court officials said the ruling was issued August 11 , and an appeal was filed six days later . Harrison said he was aware of the award in the lawsuit but would not comment on it . Police also are aware of it , Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering said , but he declined comment on whether it is being explored as a possible motive in the slayings . Watch hints of a possible motive '' Harrison said he last saw his client on Friday , as he was not required to appear with him to hear the charges read . The younger Heinze `` continues to deny any involvement in the murders and urges anyone with information to contact authorities , '' he said Tuesday . He described his client as `` not good , disappointed , upset , angry . '' Heinze called 911 to report the slayings , telling the dispatcher , `` My whole family
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One of eight people killed in a southeast Georgia mobile home last month recently had been awarded $ 25,000 in a civil lawsuit , officials said . Guy Heinze Jr. faces eight counts of first-degree murder in last month 's killings in a Georgia mobile home . Guy Heinze Sr. , 46 , was granted the award by the McIntosh County , Georgia , Magistrate Court in a suit over a mobile home that he owned , court officials said . He had not received the money as the ruling was under appeal . Heinze was found dead August 29 in his Brunswick mobile home along with six others . An eighth person died later at a hospital . Police said all of the victims died from `` blunt force trauma , '' but they did not provide any further details . Heinze 's son , Guy Heinze Jr. , 22 , faces eight counts of first-degree murder in the deaths . Police suspect he acted alone , according to a statement from the Glynn County Police Department . The younger Heinze has made his initial court appearance via closed-circuit television from the Glynn County Detention