Judge sentences Underwood to die:
The convicted killer of 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin has been officially sentenced to death. A jury had recommended the death penalty for Kevin Ray Underwood bit today a judge made it official.
Underwood killed and raped Jamie Rose Bolin, unfortunately in that order, in order to consume her flesh because of a cannibalistic fantasy he had.
The death penalty couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
Jury recommends death in Underwood case:
It took eight hours for the Oklahoma jury to recommend the death sentence for Kevin Ray Underwood. I wonder what took them so long.
If anybody deserves the death penalty it’s Underwood. He killed, raped, and dismembered 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin, in that order. He also wanted to consume her flesh because he thought he was a cannibal.
In my opinion, there will be no justice until Underwood no longer draws a breath.
NEW: Jury finds Underwood guilty:
An Oklahoma jury took less than an hour to find Kevin Underwood guilty in the murder of 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin.
Underwood killed her, molested her, in that order, then tried to sever her head in order to consume her flesh.
The prosecution is seeking the death penalty for this monster. If there was anyone the death penalty was designed for it’s Underwood.
Underwood defense asks to strike death penalty option:
The defense for would be cannibal Kevin Ray Underwood is trying to get the death penalty taken off the table because of press leaks.
Underwood’s defense attorney, L. Wayne Woodyard, appearing in Cleveland County District Court, argued Wednesday that too much information about the case has been leaked to the public that the case no longer represents “due process.” He asked that the bill of particulars be struck and the death penalty be taken out of consideration for sentencing.
The defense pointed out the latest instance of “leaks” to the media. A TV news station ran a story Feb. 11 that unnamed sources revealed a sealed judgment of District Judge Candace Blalock. Only about an hour after the lawyers received the judgment via e-mail, it was posted online that Blalock decided to let incriminating evidence into the trial, the defense said.
The defense blamed the District Attorney’s office for the leak.
This is what I like to call grasping at straws.
As the District Attorney pointed out in the article, Mr. Woodyard knows that Underwood is a lost cause. Underwood basically confessed to the killing of 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin and the desire to consume her flesh. This isn’t some overcomplicated case that you might see on some crime drama TV show.
I’d be very surprised if the death penalty is removed as a sentencing option.
Judge seals decision about slaying suspect’s confession:
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything about Kevin Ray Underwood. He’s the slimeball from Purcell, Oklahoma, who is accused of killing 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin so he could consume her flesh. That’s right folks. Kevin the Cannibal. It’s not the Hannibal Lecters you have to worry about, it’s the guy next door.
Anyway, a judge has made a decision on whether or not Underwood’s confession will be heard in court, but the decision has been sealed. It’s more than likely we won’t know the judge’s decision until the trial starts on the 19th.
Prosecutors say that Underwood freely confessed to the murder and gave permission to police to search his house after he asked for an attorney.
“When a defendant requests an attorney, you don’t have to get them one,” she said. “All that has to be done is to cease interrogation, and that was done.”
That quote was from Assistant District Attorney Susan Caswell.
The defense argues that…
While agents were not required to stop Underwood from talking about the crime after he asked for a lawyer, it does not mean that the testimony can be allowed in court.
Defense attorneys argued that the environment surrounding Underwood was designed to break his will, citing these reasons:
•Not securing Underwood in a holding cell;
•Delays getting booked into jail and being arraigned;
•Asking Underwood to sign a search waiver after he asked for a lawyer.
Defense lawyers argue that when someone invokes their constitutional rights, that means officers can’t question them any further and they can’t ask the suspect for permission to search their house.
Excuse me while I rant for just a moment.
How in the hell do these criminal defense attorneys sleep at night? This isn’t ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ we’re talking about. Underwood admits that he murdered a 10-year-old red-headed girl with freckles and glasses so he could cannibalize her corpse. Her body was found in his apartment. In my opinion, some criminals are beyond defense, and Underwood is one of them. As far as I’m concerned, he should be fed to a pack of wild dogs for what he did. Yet, these attorneys want to weasel their way to an acquittal, knowing full well what he’s guilty of. Maybe selling your soul makes it so you don’t require sleep. Maybe criminal defense attorneys like this are nothing more than the undead. The fact that this scumbag has even the slightest chance of being released scares me more than any vampire or zombie movie.
Anyway, the trial will take place in Norman, Oklahoma due to a change of venue request. I hope the change of scenery doesn’t help his case at all.
New Trial Date Set For Kevin Underwood:
A new trial date has been set for killer and would be cannibal Kevin Underwood. It’s been set for February 19th. Underwood is accused of killing 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin and attempting to consume her flesh. The trial date was rescheduled due to Underwood seeking new counsel.
Prosecutors allege Underwood discussed cannibalism:
For those of you new to the party, Kevin Ray Underwood was arrested in the death of 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin.
He killed her, sexually assaulted her (in that order), and then was preparing to consume her flesh.
The reason he landed here is that after he killed her and while the police were looking for her, Underwood just casually logged into his MySpace and Blogger accounts.
It’s no secret that Underwood had an obsession with cannibalism. It seems that it was about as far as a secret that you can get…
The claims about Kevin Ray Underwood’s behavior are contained in a witness summary report filed by prosecutors prior to a hearing yesterday in McClain County District Court.
According to the report, Underwood talked to a childhood friend about cannibalism and also talked to a worker at an Oklahoma City haircut shop about cooking organs.
Way to keep it to yourself there, Hannibal. I hope your taste for flesh is worth the needle.
Kevin Ray Underwood, the accused killer of 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin, has been granted a change of venue in his murder trial.
Kevin Ray Underwood, 28, will be tried in Cleveland County instead of McClain County, Judge Candace Blalock decided.
Defense lawyer Silas R. Lyman II filed a motion for a change of venue Jan. 12, arguing that an impartial jury could not be obtained in McClain County.
To support his motion for change of venue, Lyman submitted a survey of McClain County residents that showed most already assumed Underwood’s guilt.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the case, Underwood is accused of killing Jamie Rose Bolin, sexually assaulting her after death, attempting to decapitate her after death, and had plans to consume her flesh. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
Alleged cannibal plot is murder one, judge says:
This is the first news we’ve had on Kevin Ray Underwood in a while…
PURCELL, Oklahoma (AP) — A man accused of killing a 10-year-old girl in what investigators describe as a cannibalistic plot will be tried for first-degree murder, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty for Kevin Ray Underwood, 26, accused of strangling Jamie Rose Bolin.
After Underwood’s arrest, police and prosecutors revealed grisly details of the crime, saying Underwood raped the girl’s corpse and planned to eat her flesh. A medical examiner’s report released later indicated there were signs of sexual assault, but could not determine if they were inflicted after her death.
I eagerly await to hear the defense’s strategy on this one.
Report: Okla. Girl Died of Lack of Oxygen:
The autopsy results of Jamie Rose Bolin have been made public. You may not want to read this, as some of the details are quite disturbing…
OKLAHOMA CITY — A 10-year-old girl who prosecutors say was killed by a neighbor who wanted to eat human flesh died from a lack of oxygen but also suffered other injuries, the medical examiner’s office said.
Jamie Rose Bolin 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 released Thursday.
Prosecutors have charged her neighbor, 26-year-old Kevin Ray Underwood, with first-degree murder. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for August.
Police and prosecutors allege Underwood abducted the child as she was going to the library and killed her to fulfill a fantasy of becoming a cannibal. Law enforcement officers found her body unclothed April 14 in a plastic storage tub in a bedroom closet of Underwood’s apartment.
According to a police affidavit, Underwood confessed that he killed Jamie.
Police and prosecutors allege Underwood struck Jamie in the head with a cutting board, then smothered her with his hand and duct tape. They also accused him of trying to decapitate and possibly molesting her corpse.
The autopsy report supports all the descriptions but the post-mortem sexual assault, which a deputy state medical examiner said would be difficult to determine.
Dr. Inas Yacoub found that the girl suffered blunt force trauma to the back, right arm, right thigh, left thigh and left ankle, as well as the top of the head.
Underwood’s trial can’t come soon enough.