Christopher Madison, the Alabama man accused of strangling dying eleven-year-antique Amberly Barnett, pretended to help search for the woman after she changed into stated lacking, courtroom testimony revealed.
On the night Barnett was pronounced missing, Madison claimed he had searched a wooded area in the back of his DeKalb County domestic without finding any sign of the missing lady, an investigator testified. But hours later, on the morning of March 2, the DeKalb County sheriff’s workplace observed Barnett’s strangled body lying in the woods with a blue rope around her neck.
Madison, 33, is charged with capital homicide in Barnett’s slaying. He appeared in DeKalb County District Court for an initial listening on Monday afternoon. Judge Steven Whitmire ruled prosecutors have probably had a reason for the capital murder case.
Barnett is from Georgia. However, she has been living with her aunt and aunt’s boyfriend in the Mount Vernon community of DeKalb County since this summer. Madison lived with his female friend in the cellular home next door on County Road 822. Madison’s girlfriend and Barnett’s aunt’s boyfriend are siblings.
On the night of March 1, Barnett stayed home alone while her aunt and aunt’s boyfriend went buying, Investigator Davis testified. When the circle of relatives lower back, Barnett changed into missing. The sheriff’s office was called to the scene around 7:30 p.m. Madison claimed he saw a darkish Dodge Durango pull into the driveway at Barnett’s home. However, Davis testified that associates noticed the automobile; other proof contradicted Madison’s tale about the SUV.
Davis testified when authorities looked for Barnett, Madison claimed he already checked the woods behind his home without finding the woman. It changed into dark outdoors, and sheriff’s deputies didn’t see Barnett’s body all through searches that night. Around 6:30 the following morning, the government located her body.
Investigators found long blonde hair on a tree in the woods, Davis testified. Nearby, in what was regarded as a path in which the frame became dragged, authorities observed a sock that changed, believed to be Barnett’s, Davis testified. The girl began carrying the handiest hose after they saw her as useless.
Davis testified that investigators located a bloodied pair of his jeans inside the dryer inside Madison’s domestic. Within the lavatory sink and on the walls was a mattress, mattress body, and a sheet of paper in a bedroom.
Authorities haven’t stated why they consider Madison killed Barnett. Madison had an “interest in bondage,” Davis testified, mentioning Madison’s female friend and kids. Inside Madison’s home, investigators observed a clamp and a bolt in the floor that allegedly had been used previously as a part of his “hobby in bondage.” Davis didn’t offer in addition to details about the bondage. Investigators and DeKalb County Chief Deputy District Attorney Bob Johnston left the court without granting interviews to contributors of the news media.
When police showed Madison’s lady friend an image of the blue rope that became located around Barnett’s neck, the girl stated the cord had been inside their quiet the day earlier, in step with Davis’ testimony. Davis testified that another piece of blue rope was found wrapped around a knife outside of Madison’s domestic. In interviews with investigators, Madison admitted the knife changed into his.