From NewsChannel 8:
Suspect In Girl's Killing Described As Quiet, Humorless -- 'Wonderful Boy' Says His Mom
Location: Purcell
Posted: April 17, 2006 8:13 AM EST
URL: http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0406/319858.html





Purcell (AP) - The man accused of killing a 10-year-old neighbor girl for an elaborate plan to eat human flesh joked about cannibalism on his online diary.

Twenty-six-year-old Kevin Ray Underwood also discussed the effects of not taking his anti-depression medication and mentioned fantasies he described as -- quote -- "dangerously weird."

People who knew Underwood described him today as a quiet, boring and seemingly trustworthy young man. His mother who lived across town called him a -- quote -- "wonderful boy."

The 26-year-old grocery store stocker was arrested Friday. Investigators searched his apartment after he aroused their suspicions at a checkpoint, and found a large plastic tub in a bedroom closet.

According to a police affidavit, he confessed that he killed Jamie Rose Bolin, telling F-B-I agents -- quote -- "Go ahead and arrest me. She is in there. I chopped her up."

In a brief telephone interview with The Associated Press today, Underwood's mother Connie expressed her sympathy to the little girl's family. She says the family feels terrible and that she doesn't know how her son could be a suspect in such a horrific crime.

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