GUILTY GA - Christopher Barrios, 6, murdered, Glynn County, 8 March 2007

[concernedperson]

affidavit says molester told by devil to kill boy.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/04/02/0403metmolester.html

Sick MF tying to find one bit of appeasement for his and his disgusting parents horrendous crime.

 

[CW]

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :furious: :furious:
I just want to scream out of the top of my lungs I'm so so sick of these S.O.B
s harming these precious children and them having more rights then the precious children.

 

[Samiya]

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :furious: :furious:
I just want to scream out of the top of my lungs I'm so so sick of these S.O.B
s harming these precious children and them having more rights then the precious children.

Adding my scream!

Sami

 

[sherri79]

http://www.cbs47.com/content/topstories/story.aspx?content_id=7825f4a1-2083-461c-a151-8268eb296191
GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. -- George Edenfield, one of the men suspected in the murder of a six-year-old Glynn County boy, is scheduled to appear in court Monday morning.
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[CaliKid]

These are some of the meanest looking people I've ever run across. The whole family looks evil. But I'm confident that LE will make a good case against them and they'll be convicted.

 

[BethInAK]

Me too. We live in a pretty safe area, but my six year old is never allowed out alone. If I knew there was a family of sex offenders around the corner...I can't imagine.

I guess some people don't have the resources and time to give their children a truly safe environment.

 

[concernedperson]

I truly believe this is a case of evil breeding evil. They seemed perfectly alright with the child's death and torture. The justification can only be known by them but I would imagine compassion is not one of their buzz words. Ignorance does not excuse them nor should it but it plays into it. The lack of human compassion is most disturbing. This cycle of I don't even know what to call it has got to stop.

I think it starts and ends with making sure that the criminals who commit the sex crimes against children never have another shot at a child again. That include in the home where a family member is the abuser. They will never be rehabilitated and the end result is another poor Christopher. This Edenfield guy should never have been out of prison.

 

[sherri79]

Attorneys for Edenfield filed 86 separate motions in Glynn County Superior Court with issues ranging from jury selection to the preservation of evidence and scheduling.

The media was discussed during the hearing. Edenfield's attorneys wanted some pre-trial hearings closed.

Christopher's father, Mike Barrios, was in court for the hearing and told Channel 4 he would continue to show up to support his son.

"We're still strong. We're going to get through this. We're going to see that they get what they got coming to them -- it'll be one big step," Barrios said.

Edenfield's attorneys also raised their objections to the possibility of lethal injection, which the defense said it found inhumane.

"It's not inhumane compared to what they did to my baby. It's not inhumane at all. It's lighter sentence than he got, so I they deserve worst," Barrios said.
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http://www.news4jax.com/news/13785182/detail.html

 

[sherri79]

Barrios' father, Christopher, and his family sat in the courtroom Monday, listening as tensions grew between the defense and the prosecution -- tensions that stem from 86 motions on the table.
In one of those motions, George Edenfield's defense wants the media barred from several hours of evidence.
"It would not restrict the rights of the press and the public more than is necessary to protect the rights of George Edenfield, but reach a goal that the jury pool would not be tainted before we even get to court," said Gerald Word, a defense attorney. The defense is also challenging the humanity of a lethal injection, which is a penalty George Edenfield faces if convicted.
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http://www.cbs47.com/content/topstories/story.aspx?content_id=7825f4a1-2083-461c-a151-8268eb296191

 

[sherri79]

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/072607/geo_186970232.shtml

Meanwhile, David Edenfield's attorneys are asking Scarlett for a change of venue in his case, court documents show.
James Yancey and John Beall, in a written motion, said extensive news media coverage of the case, plus anger in the community over Christopher's death make it impossible for David Edenfield to receive a fair trial in Glynn County.
Yancey and Beall also cited the potential for prejudice against David Edenfield because he and his family are white, while Christopher was biracial.
"This is a case highly charged with racial tension. ... This is a classic example of interracial crime, which carries with it all the risks of racial prejudice attendant to interracial crime," Yancey and Beall wrote in a related motion asking the judge to interview prospective jurors in private.
Peggy Edenfield's attorneys also are seeking a change of venue in her case.
Kelley was doubtful that a change of venue will be warranted.
"We generally will oppose a change of venue unless it is proven absolutely necessary," Kelley said.
In Georgia, the legal test is not whether a prospective juror has heard or seen news reports or other information about a case, but whether the juror can set aside that information to focus solely on the facts and evidence presented during the trial to render a fair and objective verdict.
Meanwhile, Word and Wooten are urging Scarlett to "control prejudicial publicity" by any or all of the following measures.
- Exclude the public and news media from all pretrial hearings in the case.
- Impose a gag order on all attorneys, witnesses, law enforcement and court personnel and other parties involved in the case banning them from releasing any information about the case or court proceedings to the news media.
- Seal all records and transcripts in the case until after jury is impaneled and sequestered.
- Ban cameras in the courtroom during the proceedings.
- Take any other measures necessary to protect George Edenfield's constitutional rights to a fair trial.
It is unknown whether Scarlett will take up some or all of those motions when the hearings begin Monday.
Christopher was asphyxiated March 8 after being abducted and sexually brutalized. His body was found inside a black plastic trash bag in woods about 2 miles from his home in Canal Mobile Home Park exactly one week after he disappeared.
All three Edenfields lived in the mobile home park.
George Edenfield, 31, is a registered sex offender convicted of two counts of child molestation in 1997.
David Edenfield, 58, was convicted of incest against his daughter in 1994, but he isn't a registered sex offender. He wasn't required to register as a sex offender because his conviction occurred two years before the state law took effect.
The father and son are charged with taking turns sexually abusing Christopher while Peggy Edenfield, 57, watched. All three are charged with killing the youngster then disposing of his body with help from a family friend, Donald Dale, 34, of Brunswick. Dale is charged with concealing a death and tampering with evidence. He hasn't been charged with murder, and doesn't face the death penalty.
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[sherri79]

http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/open_access/news/303779735437002.php
The Brunswick News

Mike Barrios sat beside his girlfriend in an almost empty Glynn County courtroom Monday, holding hands and gazing at one of the suspects accused of killing his son, 6-year-old Christopher Michael Barrios Jr.

They listened as lawyers for George Edenfield – charged along with his mother Peggy Edenfield and father David Edenfield in the March 8 molesting and murder of Christopher – argued for a barrage of motions.

Those motions included their desire to ban the word "murder" from the trial, close pre-trial hearings to the public and to be allowed to bring cell phones into the Glynn County Courthouse.

Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett listened for almost three hours Monday but made no rulings.
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[georgiagirl]

http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/open_access/news/303779735437002.php
The Brunswick News

Mike Barrios sat beside his girlfriend in an almost empty Glynn County courtroom Monday, holding hands and gazing at one of the suspects accused of killing his son, 6-year-old Christopher Michael Barrios Jr.

They listened as lawyers for George Edenfield – charged along with his mother Peggy Edenfield and father David Edenfield in the March 8 molesting and murder of Christopher – argued for a barrage of motions.

Those motions included their desire to ban the word "murder" from the trial, close pre-trial hearings to the public and to be allowed to bring cell phones into the Glynn County Courthouse.

Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett listened for almost three hours Monday but made no rulings.
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BAN the word Murder from the trial???? WTF????! If that was not murder then exactly WHAT IS???

 

[sherri79]

BAN the word Murder from the trial???? WTF????! If that was not murder then exactly WHAT IS???

i guess they could work around the word murder. every time the need for the word comes up instead they can describe in detail exactly how the 6 year old was killed.

 

[sherri79]

sites for this poor baby.
http://christopher-barrios.last-memories.com/
http://michaelbarrios.memory-of.com/
http://www.justiceforchristopher.org/

 

[sherri79]

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/073107/geo_187993323.shtml
BRUNSWICK - George Edenfield appeared bewildered Monday as attorneys argued about the legal procedures for his trial in the sexual abuse slaying of Christopher Michael Barrios Jr
Edenfield, 31, is described as having a diminished mental capacity. He faces the death penalty if convicted of malice murder in the March 7 death of the 6-year-old Glynn County boy
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[sherri79]

http://www.news4jax.com/news4georgia/13808503/detail.html
BRUNSWICK, Ga. -- Family members of a slain 6-year-old Brunswick boy did not hold back their emotion as attorneys defending one of the men accused of murder filed more than 50 motions in the case on Thursday.

After a week of searching for missing Christopher Barrios, the boy's body was found in woods three miles from his Glynn County home.

A registered sexual offender and his two parents were arrested and charged with abduction, sexual assault and murder in the case. The father, David Edenfield, 58, showed little emotion as his attorney presented more than 50 motions on Wednesday at a hearing
Superior Court Judge Stephen G. Scarlett did not immediately rule on most of the motions, including keeping court records closed and security issues regarding the trial.

Christopher's family attended the hearing, as they have all proceedings involving the death of the boy.

"I'd like to put a little my vengeance on him," said Sue Rodriguez, Christopher's grandmother. "I'd like to beat him down like a dog and treat him like he did our baby."
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[CaliKid]

Please, spare me the rhetoric about this 's diminished mental capacity. It doesn't take a smart man to realize that you don't molest, torture and kill a child.

 

[sherri79]

http://www.cbs47.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=85f673f3-747d-4ccc-b59a-2e4bec97a643

Thursday, the judge considered 60 requests from David Edenfield's defense, most of which pertained to procedures regarding evidence and jury selection. His lawyers do not want television cameras allowed inside the courtroom during David Edenfield's trial.
Barrios' family, who sat in on the hearing, disagrees with the defense and says the case should be fully open to the media.
"It's almost like they are trying to put it on the hush," Barrios' father, Christopher Barrios, Sr., said. "You know -- like they did it."
He went on to say that the public, who was very much involved in the 6-year-old's search, should have the opportunity to see what happens to the three people charged.
"Everybody searched for my son," he said. "Everybody should see how the whole trial and everything turns out."
The little boy's grandmother, Sue Rodriguez, said she thinks the media's focus this case may stop the disappearance of another young child in the future.
"The media's attention on this," she said, "could prevent another child from coming up missing. No child should ever suffer like this." The judge has not yet made a decision about how much access to the trial the media will have

 

[sherri79]

"I tell myself that I have to be strong, but it's hard, so hard. ... I just bust out crying and keep crying until I have to shake myself to stop. But I'm going to keep being here for him," Mathis, who is Christopher's maternal grandmother, told the Times-Union.
David H. Edenfield, 58, faces the death penalty if convicted of malice murder in the March 8 sexual abuse slaying of the 6-year-old Glynn County boy. He has pleaded not guilty.
Edenfield appeared confident and almost jovial at times during a pretrial hearing Thursday as his attorneys, James Yancey Jr. and John Beall IV, presented about 60 motions they claim are necessary to ensure his right to a fair trial.
The motions ranged from an attack on the legality of the police search of Edenfield's home to a request for a change of venue and a request that police and prosecutors be forbidden from using the word "murder" when referring to Christopher's death.
Yancey and Beall also are trying to keep jurors from hearing how Christopher's killing has affected his family and friends. Such "victim impact statements" would be prejudicial, they contend. The attorneys are targeting the police search in an effort to get the judge to throw out potential evidence implicating Edenfield in the abduction, sexual abuse and killing of Christopher.
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/080307/geo_188798362.shtml
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[sherri79]

The hearing came three days after a similar proceeding Monday for George Edenfield, and many of the motions presented by Yancey and Beall were similar to those from George Edenfield's attorneys, Gerald Word and Todd Wooten. A pre-trial hearing for Peggy Edenfield has not been set.

Beall and Yancey argued their motions with Kelley and Johnson for nearly four hours Thursday.

Other motions argued by the defense were the necessity of a juror questionnaire and that the prosecution not challenge the defense in a discriminatory matter based on race.

"For the record, the race of Mr. Edenfield and the alleged victim are different," said Yancey in his argument.

Use of the phrase "alleged victim" enraged Johnson, who pointed out that there is no "alleged" victim in the case.

"(Christopher) is dead and buried," he said. "I don't want us to understand there is a nebulous victim here."

The defense also requested that Scarlett prohibit any victim impact statements, which would give family and friends of the slain child the opportunity to tell the court how the crime has affected them personally.

Before the end of the hearing, Johnson told Scarlett that he would need to reschedule an evidentiary hearing for David Edenfield from the week of Oct. 1.

The schedule conflict frustrated Scarlett, who rescheduled the hearing to Nov. 5.
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/open_access/news/305179104536031.php
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