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- Prosecution rests in trial of teen accused of killing neighbor girl (07-Jul-99)
- BARTOW, Florida CNN Closing arguments are set to begin Thursday morning
in the trial of a 15yearold boy accused of killing an 8yearold neighbor.
- Defense Teen accused of killing child not a monster (07-Jul-99)
- BARTOW, Florida CNN A 15yearold accused of killing an 8yearold neighbor
is guilty of a brutal firstdegree murder, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
But the boys defense attorney said that while his client may have committed
a monstrous act, he is not a monster.
- Florida teen guilty of killing 8yearold neighbor (08-Jul-99)
- BARTOW, Florida CNN A Florida teenager put on trial as an adult was found
guilty Thursday of fatally bludgeoning and stabbing his 8yearold neighbor,
then stuffing her body into the frame of his water bed. Joshua Phillips,
15, could receive a maximum sentence of life without parole.
- Defense attorney Find teen guilty of manslaughter, not murder (08-Jul-99)
- BARTOW, Florida CNN The fate of a 15yearold boy accused of killing his
8yearold neighbor then stuffing her body under his bed landed in the hands
of a jury on Thursday, after his attorney made a lastditch plea for the
panel to find the teen guilty of manslaughter.
- Florida teen guilty of murdering 8yearold neighbor (08-Jul-99)
- BARTOW, Florida CNN It took a Florida jury about two hours to find a 15yearold
boy guilty of murdering his 8yearold neighbor then stuffing her body under
his bed. The jury ignored the defense attorneys plea to find the teen guilty
of manslaughter instead.
- Jury selected for teen accused of killing neighbor child (06-Jul-99)
- BARTOW, Florida CNN Opening statements will begin Wednesday morning in
the trial of a teenage boy accused of killing his nextdoor neighbor, an
8yearold girl whose body was found under his mattress.
- Florida boy charged as adult in neighbors murder (19-Nov-98)
- JACKSONVILLE, Florida CNN A Florida grand jury indicted a 14yearold boy
Thursday in the murder of an 8yearold girl whose decomposing body was found
under his waterbed.