8. Joshua Phillips
Phillips was from the big city of Jacksonville, Florida. When Joshua was just 14, he murdered eight-year-old neighbor Maddie Clifton on November 15, 1998.
When Maddie had gone missing, the first suspect was Larry Grisham, another neighbor who had a criminal record with two sexual assaults. Joshua even offered to help in the search to take any heat off him.
Phillips’ mom was cleaning his room one day, when she noticed the water bed had a leak. A closer inspection would reveal a body was under the bed. The body showed blunt force trauma and multiple stabbings.
Joshua had invited Maggie over to play catch. He said he threw too hard and hit her in the head. To avoid getting in trouble, he beat her unconscious with a bat, then moved her to his room under the bed where she would later start to move and make sounds. To shut her up, he finished the job by stabbing her. Phillip was charged with life in prison with no possibility for parole.
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