Posted on 04/15/2006 7:09:35 AM PDT by MizSterious
Purcell girl found dead
The Norman Transcript
Neighbor arrested for murder; investigators temporarily rule out chatroom abductor
By Melissa A. Wabnitz
Transcript Staff Writer
PURCELL -- Just steps from her father's apartment on N. 8th St, investigators said they identified and apprehended Friday afternoon a 26-year-old man they believe is responsible for the kidnapping and subsequent murder of 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin.
Bolin was reported missing after she failed to return home Wednesday afternoon from a trip to the library.
A downstairs neighbor, Kevin Ray Underwood, is being held without bond in the McClain County Jail today and will be charged with one count of first degree murder Monday, said District Attorney Tim Kuykendall at a press conference late Friday night.
"In my 24 years as a prosecutor, I have never, ever been involved in a case that was quite as atrocious, heinous and as cruel as to what happened to this little girl," Kuykendall said. "We intend to seek the death penalty on this."
As of press time, officials were securing search warrants for Underwood's car and apartment, both sites which may yield even more charges, Kuykendall said.
Earlier in the investigation, it was believed Bolin was abducted by a possible Internet contact who drove a dark blue Tahoe. Friday night, Kuykendall said "as it turns out, the information is probably going to be unrelated (to Bolin's murder)."
Police apprehended Underwood at his apartment around 4 p.m. Friday after he began acting suspiciously at a police roadblock earlier that day.
The neighbor, said Bolin's aunt Linda Chiles, "pretty much kept to himself" and was relatively unknown to Bolin or her father, Curtis.
As of press time, Kim Carter of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, said he was unable to determine how long Bolin was kept alive at the apartment before she was killed, nor were officials able to release any details related to the ongoing investigation.
"This is not like TV, it will not be wrapped up in a 60-second present," he said.
Jamie's uncle, Mark Chiles, still reeling from the news that his 10-year-old niece was kidnapped, likely held against her will and killed, said he warned parents everywhere to "hold onto their kids tight."
"This happened less than 10 feet of where (her father lived)," he said. "People need to know who their neighbors are."
Family members intend to set up an emergency fund at Bank of Oklahoma, Linda Chiles said. For more information, inquire at the Purcell Police Department, 527-4600.
Melissa A. Wabnitz 366-3550 mwabnitz@normantranscript.com
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That was Jessica Lunsford you're thinking about. She was the inspiration for the federal "Jessica Lunsford Act" and these new state "Jessica's Law" initiatives about stricter control of child predators/sex offenders.
She's who I thought of right away, too, when I read what you just posted. I hadn't heard that part of it. It *is* like John Couey sitting down the street watching everyone searching for Jessie. Or that awful Ward Weaver who had two girls buried on his property, one just below the patio cement where he was giving TV interviews--while leaning against an outdoor freezer where he kept them before burial!
This one also reminds us a lot of JED, Joseph Duncan, the monster who destroyed the Groene family - except for Shasta! - with all the blogging of thoughts leading up to the murder.
Doesn't appear, however, that this Underwood had ever gotten caught at anything before. It's almost like he went from 0 to 100 in 5 seconds or something.
In this case it's murder and lets hope the laws of Oklahoma do not allow parole for child murders. One thing I can say about my state, Florida, we have no problem executing convicted murders.
These stories just tear me up. How anyone can hurt a child is just beyond my comprehension. He should be stoned to death.
In as many words as you need.
But the solution is not "kill them all".
There's one in every crowd. We have ours and the people posting on Underwood's blog, telling him how awful he is now have theirs, too:
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At 12:57 PM, Anonymous said...
You people are ridiculous.
Saying how much you want this guy to die and suffer...it makes you just as bad as he was.
He was clearly on meds...not that it makes it okay, but he probably dind't have any "intent" to kill. Who knows.
Also, perhaps you all should remember that old phrase "Innocent until proven guilty"! I mean, yes the obvious evidence shows one thing, but don't be so quick to condemn.
Besides, it's not up to you whether he deserves to live or not or even go to jail. Personally, I hope none of you are on the jury, because that would be against the law technically...it's called an "impartial" jury!
And ultimately it's up to God to decide his punishment. Remember that.
For now I think you should all get off your high horse and do something more productive than spam this guys blog. ..."
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It's either someone auditioning for the job as his defense attorney or it's one of his sicko buddies. The "Lexapro defense" - no intent to kill - yeah, right. They weren't even able to identify her little body as of last night. Sick, sick, sick and depraved.
Why not?
*shrug* It's what eliminated Rome's little Carthage problem.
Come to think of it Carthage hasn't been much of a problem to anyone for a couple thousand years. Effective, and long lasting...
He is the one that sells insurance. He is running in the Republican primary against Wayne Maxwell, former superintendent of Purcell and Lexington schools who is a friend of Sandy Garrett, our crappy State School Superintendent.
Ron is a really good guy and who I would vote for if I lived in that district.
Freep Mail me if you need more info!
I would be tearing down the doors of the police station if it were me as my kids would never have run away from home. Makes you think about having them sign they would never run away in today's environment.
Oklahoma is a strong death penalty state. Tim, our DA, is seeking the death penalty when he files the charges on Monday morning -- he is a law and order DA and you can bet this guy is going to receive the death penalty.
"We intend to seek the death penalty on this."
The guy REALLY picked the wrong state to commit
this crime in. Oklahomans still believe in
the old time virtues of protecting family.
I don't have the exact wording of the Oklahoma law, but in the beginning, they said this kidnapping had not yet met the criteria for putting out the Amber Alert. I think they are still smarting from a couple of cases of false reports where no actual kidnapping had occurred (and no danger even--they were runaways), plus the one just Wednesday where the Kansas girl called in a fake kidnapping report.
Plus, some of the folks in Purcell said this child was a bit headstrong and sometimes a bit of a problem--could be they had reason to think she was just late coming home at first, and later that she had run away. No parent ever thinks their kids would run away, or grandmothers either.
Isn't that just plain creepy? I see some of his other blogs have been disappeared.
Well, you might not like this, but a dead child molester doesn't molest any more children--and he darned sure can't kill any of them.
I mean, yes the obvious evidence shows one thing, but don't be so quick to condemn.
A dead (and possibly mutilated--according to some sources) body in his apartment, and we shouldn't be so quick to condemn? What possible circumstances would absolve him of the obvious? His "Evil Twin Skippy"?
True.
And a dead rapist rapes no more. A dead robber robs no more. A dead wife beater assaults no more. A dead jaywalker ...
Where do you stop?
You're right. Screw the trial. Kill him right now. Hurry!
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