Past haunts Jamie's old neighborhood

Mindy Rankin and Jason Shea talk about the Underwood verdict Friday from the apartment where slain 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin lived. By David McDaniel, The Oklahoman

Kevin Ray Underwood, 28, was convicted Friday of murdering her. He had confessed to luring the 10-year-old into his apartment one afternoon in April 2006 and killing her as part of a cannibalistic plot.

The girl's mutilated body was found inside a plastic tub in Underwood's bedroom closet.

Tenants in the apartment complex say there's an eerie feeling about living in a place with such a gruesome past. And nearly everyone who lived there at the time of the killing has moved out, one renter said.

All the units, including Underwood's former apartment and the one where Jamie lived, are rented, a manager said.

Patty Farley said she felt a little uncomfortable moving to the complex in January because of the history.

A new family rents the upstairs apartment where Jamie lived. Jeremy Stafford and Mindy Rankin said they don't like the apartment's notoriety.

"If I had known she lived here, I wouldn't have moved to this apartment,” Stafford said.

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