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MCALESTER, Okla. ( KFOR ) – The State of Oklahoma plans to execute death row inmate Kevin Underwood on Thursday, December 19.
Officials say Underwood killed 10-year-old Jaime Rose Bolin in April 2006. While loved ones were searching for Bolin, her body had been in Underwood’s apartment. He told police in the confession video that he planned on eating parts of her body.
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His execution has been complicated due to changes on the Pardon and Parole Board, with two of Governor Kevin Stitt’s appointees resigning. One of them, Calvin Prince, is under investigation .
Underwood sued the Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday, December 4, in Oklahoma City federal court over its plans to move forward with his clemency hearing. His attorneys argued he deserves a fair opportunity to present his case for clemency to a five-member parole board.