A Cleveland County jury recommended the death penalty

A Cleveland County jury recommended the death penalty for Kevin Underwood, 28, white, convicted of luring a 10-year-old girl , Jamie Rose Bolin, white, into his apartment, killing her and mutilating her body.
He was convicted last week of first-degree murder. Underwood's attorneys did not dispute that he killed Jamie on April 12, 2006, but argued that he suffered from a host of mental illnesses and was overcome by deviant sexual urges.
Underwood said in a videotaped confession that he fantasized about torturing and killing a person and cannibalizing the body. No evidence has been presented that any cannibalism took place. The girl's body was found in a plastic tub in Underwood's apartment. Her head had been nearly cut off. He is scheduled to be formally sentenced on April 3.