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Kevin Underwood, 26, of Purcell, is accused of murdering his upstairs neighbor, 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin. Underwood allegedly had a longstanding plan to abduct, rape, kill, devour and dismember someone, said Purcell Police Chief David Tompkins. |
Posted on 04/16/2006 8:22:24 AM PDT by MizSterious
Published: April 16, 2006 01:42 am
‘He seemed so normal’
• Purcell reacts to news local man accused of murdering, plotting to cannibalize 10-year-old girl
The Norman Transcript
By Melissa A. Wabnitz
Transcript Staff Writer
PURCELL— Months of strategic planning and preparation led Kevin Underwood to invite in, kill, attempt to dismember and sexually assault his upstairs neighbor, Jamie Rose Bolin, District Attorney Tim Kuykendall said Saturday.
“It is our belief that though she was chosen to be the victim of this particular crime, other people, children and adults, had been targeted,” said Purcell Police Chief David Tompkins.
Bolin, 10, was found dead in a plastic tub in the closet of Underwood’s apartment Friday afternoon. Police began searching for the girl Wednesday night, originally hypothesizing she may have been abducted by an online predator.
Saturday, Chief David Tompkins and Kuykendall said a number of items seized from Underwood’s apartment over the weekend indicated he was planning to consume part or all of Bolin’s body after he killed her and removed her head. He allegedly killed Underwood by beating her head three to four times with a wooden cutting board and smothering her with his hands and duct tape, said Tompkins. Additionally, it appeared Underwood had attempted to remove Bolin’s head with a decorative dagger, which was also seized.
“Regarding a potential motive, 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,” said Tompkins. Quietly collecting a number of items seized at the apartment, including a hacksaw, meat tenderizer, barbecue skewers, and a duffle bag, Underwood told investigators he’d “fantasized about cannibalism for about a year now,” Tompkins said Saturday.
An Amazon.com “wish list” compiled by Underwood also revealed the fascination with gore and death, officials said. Requested book titles included “Meat is Murder!: New Edition: An Illustrated Guide to Cannibal Culture,” “Skin Flutes and Velvet Gloves: A Collection of Facts and Fancies, Legends and Oddities About the Body’s Private Parts,” and “How to Be a Villain: Evil Laughs, Secret Lairs, Master Plans, and More!!!.”
Underwood, 26, characterized by many as “quiet,” was an all-around “pretty normal guy,” said former Carl’s Jr. co-worker Phillip Warren.
“He never gave any indication he was even capable of doing such an atrocious crime,” Warren said. “He was always early, never late, never called in sick or anything like that. He was a good worker when he was here… He was normal. We’d even go drinking and partying once in a while.”
Purcell resident and librarian Charlotte Rentfro said Purcell folks, still reeling from the news that a young girl who frequented the library was killed by a Purcell High graduate, are “devastated.”
“Purcell isn’t coping well at all,” she said. “This is just beyond everybody’s understanding. You just don’t know what you’re feeling. I mean, I knew her and I knew him too, at least when he was in school here. I know the whole bunch and I’ve sat here and cried and cried over it, because all of the people who are involved … I mean, can you just imagine? It has to be devastating to both sides.”
Kuykendall said he anticipates filing formal charges of first degree murder against Underwood Monday. He was being held without bail in the McClain County Jail.
Transcript copy editor Adam Scott contributed to this story.
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I swear that is VCR (visible coke residue) in his nose
Crap, anouther single white male eating people. I always meet the description of the guy in these cases.
This guy will be sentenced to death, and will live on in prison for how long? For crimes like this, where the guilt is so obvious, he should live about a week IMHO.
Makes me think slow roasting over a stake would be too humane.
The poor parents of this little innocent will never overcome the nightmares - This thing should not be allowed to continue breathing air one more day
They should cook this guy on low -- until his hair catches fire.
from mayhem.net-
Serial killers tend to be white, heterosexual males in their twenties and thirties who are sexually dysfunctional and have low self-esteem. Their methodical rampages are almost always sexual in nature. Their killings are usually part of an elaborate fantasy that builds to a climax at the moment of their murderous outburst. Serial killers generally murder strangers with cooling off periods between each crime. Many enjoy cannibalism, necrophilia and keep trophy-like body parts as mementos of their work. Serial killers are sadistic in nature.
Single, white AND eating people?
Was discussed a little yesterday, no grisly details had been released by the cops. This characterization of Purcell by his neighbors as seemingly perfectly normal, just an ordinary Joe, shouldn't come as a surprise. Monsters do live next door. Child molesters and in this case, a child killer, hide in plain sight, in positions of trust and authority if they can manage it. The account of horrific events, neighbors' comments, all so bizarre, it's unbelievable.
Sorry, Purcell's the town. Underwood the fiend.
From BunnySlippers' #151 on this thread:
For example, my fantasies are just getting weirder and weirder. Dangerously weird. If people knew the kinds of things I think about anymore, I'd probably be locked away. No probably about it, I know I would be.
There is other very strange, very disturbing material on his blog. He actually had several, but some I notice are no longer there.
...should live about a week..."--absolutely correct.
The reality--will be pleaded insane and could, conceivably, be out of a mental inst. and back amongst us within 5 to 7 year.
vaudine
Optymyst has mirrors to his other blogs here:
http://optymyst.blogspot.com/2006/04/kevin-ray-underwood.html
How did they catch him?? What made them suspect him?
Poor little kid. First the little girl here in Tulsa, now this...both killed by guys in their own area.
Yep, he's been on medication, posting nutty stuff in his blog for a while now.
Set himself up nice and tidy in advance for an insanity plea.
He said he had to get everything out in the open because there were rumors that were even worse than what happened--although it's hard to imagine rumors being worse than the truth in this case. He said he didn't want it held back from the family (they'd have learned it elsewhere anyway) and that he even told the perp's family so they'd know, too. Last we've heard, there is no lawyer yet, but I'm sure there will be one by tomorrow.
Just once, I'd like to see the media interview the neighbors after they catch one of these psychos and hear them say, "Oh, him -- he was a total @$$#0!& who never fit in at all. Good riddance."
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