Jamie Rose Bolin was killed by Kevin Ray Underwood in 2006
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)/Jamie-Rose-Bolin-kevin-ray-underwood-121924-tout-8653224aeb07484d8da80d9ad3dfe9dc.jpg "A photo of 10-year-old murder victim Jamie Rose Bolin sits on top of her casket in the high school gymnasium in Purcell, Okla., prior to funeral services, Thursday, April 20, 2006. A neighbor, Kevin Ray Underwood, 26, is charged with first-degree murder in her death.")
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Jamie Rose Bolin (left); and Kevin Ray Underwood.Content warning: This story contains graphic, disturbing details.
An Oklahoma man was executed for the 2006 murder of a 10-year-old girl who he'd lured into his apartment to fulfill a cannibalistic fantasy.
Jamie Rose Bolin was killed by Kevin Ray Underwood after he sexually assaulted her in his Purcell, Okla., home on April 12, 2006, per the Associated Press, The Norman Transcript and The Oklahoman.
He was sentenced to death in 2008. He died by lethal injection on Thursday, Dec. 19, which was his 45th birthday, per The Oklahoman, AP and CBS News.
Jamie lived with her father in the same building as Underwood at the time of the murder, the AP reported.
Underwood, a former grocery store worker, hit the 10-year-old with a cutting board after luring her into his residence, per AP, The Norman Transcript and The Oklahoman. He then suffocated and sexually assaulted her.
After officers grew suspicious of him at a checkpoint, investigators searched his home and found Jamie’s body in a plastic bag inside his closet, the AP and The Norman Transcript reported. Per the AP, the child’s body was without clothes when she was found.
Underwood reportedly confessed that he'd almost beheaded the child, seemingly in a bid to eat her, but he then dropped that plan, the outlets reported.
He also said his assault and killing stemmed from a cannibalistic sexual fantasy he had, per the AP, The Norman Transcript and The Oklahoman.
Underwood's attorneys had argued that he suffered horrific trauma as a child and had mental health problems, the AP andThe Oklahoman reported. His reported diagnoses included bipolar disorder, among others.
Prosecutors maintained that many people suffer from abuse and mental illness, but don’t become killers.
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Underwood apologized to Jamie’s family last week during a hearing for a petition for clemency, The Oklahoman, CBS News and the AP reported.
"I would like to apologize to the victim’s family, to my own family and to everyone in that room today that had to hear the horrible details of what I did,” he said via video, the outlets reported.
His bid for clemency was rejected. He died by lethal injection at about 10:14 a.m. on Thursday, The Norman Transcript reported.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.
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