Man planned to eat murder victim: police

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A man in the Oklahoma town of
Purcell has been arrested on suspicion of murdering the
10-year-old daughter of his neighbor and planning to eat her
body, police said on Saturday.

Kevin Underwood, 26, was arrested on Friday in the murder
of Jamie Rose Bolin, who was reported missing after she failed
to return home on Wednesday from a public library in Purcell,
36 miles south of Oklahoma City.

“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,” Purcell Police Chief David Tompkins told a news
conference.

Underwood was among many Purcell residents who participated
in a search for Bolin, but police said he acted strangely when
pulled over at a Highway Patrol checkpoint.

Police found the girl’s body after Underwood, who lived
upstairs from Bolin and her father in an apartment complex,
allowed them to search his apartment.

He confessed to the murder after investigators found a
plastic tub in his closet that had been taped shut, according
to an affidavit released by Purcell Police.

“At that time Mr. Underwood stated ‘go ahead and arrest me.
She is in there. I chopped her up,”‘ the affidavit said.

Based on interviews with Underwood and files found on his
computer, investigators said it appeared that Underwood had
planned to eat the body.

McClain County District Attorney, Tim Kuykendall, said he
would file a first-degree murder charge against Underwood on
Monday and seek the death penalty.

In addition to finding the girl’s bicycle dismantled and
stowed under Underwood’s bed, police found “a decorative dagger
believed to be used in an attempt to cut off the victim’s head,
a hacksaw, duct tape, meat tenderizer, skewers, and a duffle
bag.”