Christopher Michael Barrios Jr.
January 2 2001 - March 8 2007
Age: 6 years old
When he was six years old he was reported missing. He was last seen alive on March 8, 2007 around 6:15 pm. playing on a swing near his grandmother's home. He was abducted by George Edenfield and George's parents, David Edenfield, and Peggy Edenfield. A family friend named Donald Dale helped kidnap Christopher, and hide his body afterwards, though he appeared to have nothing else to do with the death of the child.
Christopher was reported missing, and his body was found just a few days later. After Christopher's body was found, what happened to the little boy began surfacing too. It is believed that Christopher was lured into the Edenfield's mobile home as he was walking from the swing set back to his Grandmother's home for dinner.
Inside the mobile home, they held Christopher captive. George and David Edenfield, both registered sex offenders, took turns sodomizing Christopher. Peggy watched as her son and husband raped Christopher. While she watched, she masturbated.
At one point during the attack, both George and David performed oral sex on Christopher. When they were done raping him, they choked him to death. David and George used clothing to try and clean fluid from ejaculation off of themselves.
They also used soap and water to attempt to get rid of fingerprints they left on Christopher when they strangled him. When they thought they had hid anything that might tie them to Christopher's death, they wrapped his body in trash bags. They then called their friend, Donald Dale, who helped them dispose of Christopher's body.
David and George were convicted sex offenders. David had raped his daughter years before, and George had molested two little boys, aged seven and nine prior to their assault and murder of Christopher.
Neither of the killers was ever charged for raping and killing Christopher.
David Edenfield murder trial
ReplyDeleteThe trial of David Homer Edenfield (born June 1948)[2] began on September 29, 2009 and ended on October 5, 2009.[3] The prosecution relied heavily on Edenfield's videotaped confession and his wife's testimony.[4] Dr. Jamie Downs, the medical examiner who performed Christopher's autopsy, also testified to the extent of trauma found on the body and also the manner of death, which Edenfield's taped confession corroborated.[5] Closing arguments began on the fifth day and the jury was sent to deliberate that afternoon. On October 5, with only two hours of deliberation, the jury came back with a verdict of "guilty on all counts".[6] On October 6 David Edenfield was sentenced to death.[7]
George Edenfield's competency
On August 3, 2010, George Edenfield was ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial and was committed to a state mental hospital for evaluation. It will be the determination of psychologists and other mental health experts whether or not Edenfield will have a strong likelihood of becoming competent.