Muriel Bailey on Twitter
Case involving Patrick Stallworth charged in the death of 3-year-old Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney sent to grand jury. Still no bond.
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12:46 PM - 10 Dec 2019
Muriel Bailey on Twitter
Prosecutors say Stallworth and Brown worked together to kidnap Cupcake using candy. Defense argues Stallworth had nothing to do with it, it was all Brown’s doing.
12:48 PM - 10 Dec 2019
Jon Paepcke on Twitter
BREAKING: Judge Clyde Jones has found enough probable cause to send the capital murder case against Patrick Stallworth to the grand jury in connection with the kidnapping and death of Kamille ‘Cupcake’ McKinney.
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1:17 PM - 10 Dec 2019 from
Birmingham, AL
Jon Paepcke on Twitter
New details: Levels of meth and trazodone were found in McKinney’s body, which prosecutors say sat in a construction dumpster at a Center Point apartment complex for ten days.
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1:23 PM - 10 Dec 2019 from
Birmingham, AL
Jon Paepcke on Twitter
Detective Jonathan Ross revealed that Derick Brown’s hints help locate McKinney’s body in the dumpster.
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1:28 PM - 10 Dec 2019 from
Homewood, AL
Jon Paepcke on Twitter
Autopsy report showed no signs that McKinney was sexually assaulted. But prosecutors say the level of decomposition could have impacted ability to prove abuse.
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1:29 PM - 10 Dec 2019 from
Homewood, AL
Jon Paepcke on Twitter
Detective Jonathan Ross also testified that Stallworth bought nearly $20 worth of candy from a gas station only minutes before approaching teens looking for a girl near Tom Brown Village the day of Cupcake's disappearance.
2:58 PM - 10 Dec 2019
Jon Paepcke on Twitter
Ross said Stallworth told them he first saw the child with Brown on the couch watching television. When Stallworth told Brown the girl was not her's, Ross said Brown responded that she wanted to keep her.
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2:59 PM - 10 Dec 2019
Jon Paepcke on Twitter
The detective also said Stallworth watched Brown, 'place her hands over Cupcake's nose and mouth' and the girl was asleep. When police asked Stallworth what he meant by asleep, he clarified that she was dead.
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3:01 PM - 10 Dec 2019
Jon Paepcke on Twitter
Under cross examination, Detective Ross told Stallworth's attorney Derrick Collins that his client had cooperated that the suspect never remembered seeing the girl in the Toyota Sequoia the couple had been seen riding in.
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3:02 PM - 10 Dec 2019