Tenn.Girl, 12, Says She Watched Dad Mutilate Mom, Was Forced to Help Dump Body:
Reason to Blow Up the World...
A 12-year-old girl told police her father, James Hawkins, forced her to help dump her mother's body in DeSoto County in Tennessee. Hawkins is charged with killing and dismembering Charlene Gaither, MyFOXMemphis reports.
Hawkins' daughter also told investigators that she witnessed her father killing her mother. A police affidavit says the girl, whose name was not released, claimed she "watched dad kill mom."
Memphis police say Gaither's body was found decapitated and dismembered in northern Mississippi.
James Hawkins was first charged Monday morning with abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and filing a false report. Later on Monday police said they were charging him with first-degree murder.
Police say Hawkins was Gaither's live-in boyfriend. He denied killing her but said he was present when she died. Police say he admitted to decapitating and dismembering the woman and dumping her body.
Has the dumbass defense of "I was there when she died but I didn't kill her so I chopped her up" defense ever worked?
One for the murder, one for dismembering the body which obviously shows intent of trying to hide evidence, two for doing both in front of a 12-year-old girl, and one for making her help dump the body. That's 5. We have another contender so far for scumbag of the year.
