Oklahoma Has Executed Kevin Underwood For 2006 Murder Of 10-Year-Old Girl

Kevin Underwood was executed on Thursday morning for the 2006 murder of 10-year-old Jamie Bolin in Purcell.

Thursday, December 19th 2024, 10:17 am

By: News On 6, News 9

MCALESTER, Okla. -

The State of Oklahoma executed Kevin Underwood on Thursday morning for the 2006 rape and murder of a 10-year-old Purcell girl.

Underwood was sentenced to death in 2008 for the brutal killing of his neighbor, Jamie Bolin.

Time of Death was 10:14 a.m.

He was convicted after he invited Bolin into his apartment, where he molested, beat, suffocated, and attempted to decapitate her.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted unanimously last Friday to deny clemency to Underwood.

At his clemency hearing, Underwood said, “Although I don’t want to die, I know I deserve to die for what I did.”

Bolin's murder shocked the Purcell community in 2006. After Bolin was reported missing, an Amber Alert was issued, and investigators later found her body in Underwood's closet.

Bolin's sister, Lori Pate, spoke directly to Underwood at last week's hearing.

“We watched police enter his apartment and shut the door. We watched them come out and escort him to a police car. He turned around and looked over his left shoulder and gave us a grin. A grin that said she wasn’t coming home, and he knew why,” Pate said.

“You not only took her life, but you ruined ours as well. You, Kevin Underwood, single-handedly changed our family forever,” Pate added.

Underwood confessed to the murder and revealed to investigators a disturbing plot that involved both murder and cannibalism.

His attorneys argued for mercy, claiming he suffers from mental illness and undiagnosed autism. However, the Attorney General's office called Underwood a “calculated and remorseless murderer” who deserves no mercy.