Summary of Offense:
Convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of six-year-old Christopher Barrios. Barrios disappeared from his neighborhood outside of Brunswick in March 2007. Authorities found his body in a garbage bag a few miles from his home a week later. Edenfield, his wife, Peggy, and their son, George, all lived next door to where Christopher lived with his father. All three Edenfields faced charges in the case. George Edenfield is a convicted child molester. Peggy Edenfield testified against her husband and was tried last in exchange for testifying. As part of the deal, she could not receive the death penalty. During his closing, District Attorney Stephen Kelley referenced Edenfield's past as a cook for many years in the Brunswick area. "He can take orders from a cook in a kitchen and perform it well, but he cannot heed to the pleas of a six-year-old boy being tortured. What kind of man is David Edenfield?"
David Edenfield was sentenced to death on October 6, 2009.
Peggy Edenfield was sentenced to 60 years in prison on September 1, 2011.
George Edenfield has been civilly committed and is currently considered incompetent to stand trial.
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