Girl Says Father Made Her Cut Off Mother’s Head
Author: markw // Category: Crime/Psychology, VideoWhat kind of world is this that we live in? Killing another human in an outburst of uncontrollable anger is bad enough. This act is so far removed from anything human it’s like we’re living in the film Night of The Living Dead.
A 12-year-old girl testified Wednesday that she saw her father kill her mother and then he forced her to help him dismember the body with a circular saw. The testimony came during a preliminary hearing for James Hawkins, 30, who is charged with killing and dismembering his girlfriend, Charlene Gaither, on Feb. 9 in their apartment.
Hawkins’ attorneys argued that the girl originally told police she didn’t know what had happened to her mom, WMC-TV in Memphis reported on its Web site Wednesday night. The defense attorneys said she only told police her story when they handcuffed her and threatened to charge her in her mother’s death. The girl testified Wednesday that her father “told me to help cut my mom’s head off. He told me I’ve got to help him or he’ll kill me too,” The Commercial Appeal newspaper reported on its Web site. More
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