Posted on 02/22/2005 10:08:36 AM PST by TexKat
FORT WORTH, Texas - The ex-boyfriend of a missing pregnant woman has been arrested and charged with capital murder in the case of the woman and her 7-year-old son, whose bodies were found Tuesday, police said.
Bagel shop owner Lisa Underwood, seven months pregnant, and her son, Jayden, were reported missing after she failed to show up at her baby shower Saturday. A pool of blood was found in her home.
Fort Worth police Lt. Gene Jones said Tuesday that the bodies were found and that police would provide more details that afternoon at a news conference in Denton, about 30 miles northeast of Fort Worth, where Underwood's car was found Monday.
Stephen Barbee, 37, of Fort Worth, was arrested Monday night in Tyler and was being brought back to Tarrant County by Fort Worth police. His bail was set at $2 million.
On Monday, Underwood's sport utility vehicle was found partially submerged in a creek near Denton.
Acting on an anonymous tip, police searched a Fort Worth home during the night and found an item referred to by the tipster, but officials would not say what it was or how it figured in their investigation.
Jones said he didn't know why Barbee was in Tyler, how investigators knew to find him there or whether there were other suspects.
"We haven't established a motive, so I can't speak to that," Jones said.
"We know that at one time Mr. Barbee and Ms. Underwood were romantically involved. We don't know what the latest status of that relationship was," he said.
Jones said he didn't know who was the father of Underwood's fetus, but a neighbor of Underwood, Debbie Lindley, said it was Barbee.
Lindley said Underwood and Barbee split up last the fall because Barbee had another girlfriend, but she didn't know of any violent incidents between the couple.
Lindley said Underwood met Barbee about two years ago at the bagel shop. She said Jayden had never met Barbee; the boy always stayed at the Lindleys' home when the couple went on dates.
Fort Worth police Sgt. Rene Kamper, left, and Lt. Gene Jones listen to questions during a news confernce in a field near where the vehicle belonging to a missing Fort Worth woman was found in Denton, Texas, Monday, Feb. 21, 2005. Lisa Underwood and her seven-year-old son Jayden Underwood have been missing since Saturday. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Texas Mom, Son's Bodies Found; Ex Charged ping.
A very sad end to this alert.
Sad TX news ping.
Bastard. If they can prove he did it, send him to the front of the execution line.
If he is found guilty hang the scum.
Texas justice will be swifter than California Justice would be.
Thanks, TexKat..been following this since it broke here..I had hoped for a miracle..Another father who needed to get rid of the "problem"...I can't imagine what kind of person could do this crime.Evil..
"If he is found guilty hang the scum."
By his unmentionables.
What I heard on the news, was the killer was NOT the father of the 7 yr old or the unborn baby, just an ex- ____________________ (insert profane name here).
He should be at the end of a rope.
They have not done the DNA but her friends said the suspect is the unborn baby's father.
As horrible as this kind of thing is, I dread watching it play out in the media. I hope this isn't another Lacy Peterson circus.
Why does the media grab some events and drive them into the ground, and totally ignore others.
Truly heartbreaking, my FRiend...
I never did get this.
Is setting a bail required in each and every criminal case?
The police did their job well & extremely fast. Excellent Work. Thanks FWPD.
If they have mothers, they must have fathers!
Info still spotty.... some are saying he's now charged with capital murder for the murder of three, the woman, her 7 yr son and the unborn....
Is setting a bail required in each and every criminal case?
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