A brother and sister were in court Wednesday for the first time after being charged in connection with the death of a Family Dollar Store manager.

David Camp, 63, of Stamps, Ark., and JoAnn Hicks, 74, of Texarkana, Texas, were arrested Tuesday and charged as accomplices to first-degree murder. The siblings made their first court appearance Wednesday morning before 9th Judicial District West Circuit Judge Ted Capeheart in the Howard County Courthouse in Nashville, Ark.

The two, wearing orange prisoner jumpsuits, told Capeheart they intended to hire attorneys to represent...