PURCELL, Okla. (AP) — The body of a 10-year-old girl missing for two days was found in a man's apartment so close to her home in the same complex that her family had to walk right past it.
"We were sitting outside his patio door the entire time," said Linda Chiles, an aunt of slain Jamie Rose Bolin.
Kevin Ray Underwood, 26, was arrested Friday after authorities found Jamie's body in his apartment, Police Chief David Tompkins said. Underwood was being held Saturday in the McClain County Jail on a complaint of first-degree murder, a jail official said.
Tompkins said Underwood had no apparent criminal record. It was not immediately known whether Underwood had a lawyer.
McClain County District Attorney Tim Kuykendall called Jamie's killing one of the most "heinous and atrocious" crimes he had seen in his career as a prosecutor.
He would not elaborate on how she died but said he plans to file first-degree murder charges against Underwood on Monday and will seek the death penalty.