Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 25, 2006 0:46:19 GMT -5
Man Arraigned in Oklahoma Girl's Death
A man accused of killing a 10-year-old girl and nearly severing her head
as part of a cannibalistic plot was arraigned Wednesday on a 1st-degree
murder charge.
Kevin Ray Underwood, 26, had a not guilty plea entered on his behalf by
the judge. Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty.
Underwood is accused of smothering Jamie Rose Bolin, his upstairs neighbor
in an apartment complex in Purcell, a suburb 40 miles south of Oklahoma
City.
The girl was struck in the head, her neck was cut to the bone from
ear-to-ear and she was sexually assaulted, according to an autopsy report.
She was reported missing April 12 after failing to return home from a trip
to the library. Her nude body was found inside a plastic tub in
Underwood's bedroom closet two days later after Underwood raised the
suspicions of officers at a police checkpoint and let them search his
apartment.
Underwood reportedly confessed that he killed the girl, telling FBI
agents: "Go ahead and arrest me. She is in there. I chopped her up,"
according to a police affidavit.
After his arrest, police and prosecutors revealed grisly details of the
crime, saying Underwood raped the girl's corpse and planned to eat her
flesh.
A judge later granted Underwood's defense attorney's request for a gag
order that prohibits attorneys and law enforcement from discussing the
case publicly.
(source: Associated Press)
A man accused of killing a 10-year-old girl and nearly severing her head
as part of a cannibalistic plot was arraigned Wednesday on a 1st-degree
murder charge.
Kevin Ray Underwood, 26, had a not guilty plea entered on his behalf by
the judge. Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty.
Underwood is accused of smothering Jamie Rose Bolin, his upstairs neighbor
in an apartment complex in Purcell, a suburb 40 miles south of Oklahoma
City.
The girl was struck in the head, her neck was cut to the bone from
ear-to-ear and she was sexually assaulted, according to an autopsy report.
She was reported missing April 12 after failing to return home from a trip
to the library. Her nude body was found inside a plastic tub in
Underwood's bedroom closet two days later after Underwood raised the
suspicions of officers at a police checkpoint and let them search his
apartment.
Underwood reportedly confessed that he killed the girl, telling FBI
agents: "Go ahead and arrest me. She is in there. I chopped her up,"
according to a police affidavit.
After his arrest, police and prosecutors revealed grisly details of the
crime, saying Underwood raped the girl's corpse and planned to eat her
flesh.
A judge later granted Underwood's defense attorney's request for a gag
order that prohibits attorneys and law enforcement from discussing the
case publicly.
(source: Associated Press)