Kevin Ray Underwood

Kevin Ray Underwood (born December 19, 1979) [ [http://futureworldruler.blogspot.com/2002/12/tomorrow-is-my-birthday-ill-be-23.html Entry entitled "Tomorrow is my birthday, I'll be 23"] . Strange Things Are Afoot At the Circle K (Online journal of Kevin Ray Underwood). 18 December 2002. Retrieved 17 April 2006] is a convicted murderer from Purcell, Oklahoma.

Crimes

Authorities had sought a missing 10-year-old girl, Jamie Rose Bolin, for whom an Amber Alert had been issued. Underwood, who lived near Jamie Bolin in the same apartment complex, was arrested April 17, 2006, and Bolin's corpse, stashed in a large plastic container, was recovered from his bedroom closet.

Purcell Police said in a press conference that Underwood had admitted to FBI agents and Oklahoma detectives that he had murdered and attempted to decapitate Bolin, and that he told them, "Go ahead and arrest me. She is in there. I chopped her up." When asked about the alleged crime, Purcell Police Chief David Tompkins surmised, "this appears to have been part of a plan to kidnap a person, rape them, torture them, kill them, cut off their head, drain the body of blood, rape the corpse, eat the corpse, then dispose of the organs and bones."

Underwood is alleged to have bludgeoned Bolin to death with a wooden cutting board. Police stated that they found meat tenderizer and barbecue skewers at the scene, which they presume were intended for use on the victim. [ [http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/16/underwood.ap/index.html Suspect blogged about cannibalism] dead link|date=January 2008 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/16/underwood.ap/index.html. CNN.com Law Center. 17 April 2006.]

Trial

On February 29, 2008, a jury found him guilty of first degree murder after deliberating for 23 minutes. This quick verdict is attributed to the showing of Underwood's videotaped confession. A jury recommended the death penalty on March 7, 2008. [ [http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/16/underwood.ap/index.html Suspect blogged about cannibalism] date=March 2007 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/08/girl.trial.ap/index.html. CNN.com. 8 March 2008.] On April 3, 2008, McClain County District Judge Candace Blalock approved the recommended death sentence.

References

www.purcellregister.com

External links

* [http://www.newsok.com/news/bolin Continuing coverage on the case from The Oklahoman]
* [http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/16/underwood.ap/index.html CNN] dead link|date=January 2008 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/16/underwood.ap/index.html
* [http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_104005116 Norman Transcript]
* [http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0406/318963.html KTUL]
* [http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/weird/bolin_underwood/index.html Crime Library - The Jamie Bolin Murder Case Full Coverage]