10-10-2013, 07:32 PM
(10-10-2013, 02:20 PM)sally Wrote: Yes, it's one of the most horrific crimes I've ever read. I can't imagine the hell the family of that little boy lives in everyday having to think about it.
It really was horrific; the depravity boggles the mind.
The son, George Edenfiled, who raped Christopher Barrios was already a convicted child molester with the cognitive abilities of a 5 year old. He was found incompetent to stand trial.
Edenfiled's parents could have saved the boy, but David Edenfiled instead chose to help his son strangle Christopher to death so he could see what it felt like to kill someone (his own words to cops, according to prosecutors back in 2007).
Then, all three of them and a family friend dumped Christopher's body and left him in a bag in the woods to rot.
Peggy Edenfileld was spared the death penalty because she testified against her husband, but she's locked up and won't be going anywhere. Fortunately, David Edenfield was sentenced to death.
I was relieved this year when David Edenfield's appeal was denied by the George Supreme Court. Justice Keith Blackwell didn't mince any words in rendering his decision:
“There was more than enough evidence to sustain the finding beyond a reasonable doubt that the murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible, or inhuman in that it involved torture and depravity of mind."
The sooner the state of Georgia fries Edenfiled, the better. IMO.