Doris Victoria Caldwell Interrogation

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Doris Victoria Caldwell, 22, and Vinisha Marie Stubblefield, 23, both of Mayfield in western Kentucky, pleaded guilty to charges of abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence, the state attorney general's office said in a statement.

Under a plea agreement, Stubblefield agreed to a sentence of seven years and Caldwell to five years. Both agreed to testify against the three other defendants in the case.

Quincy Omar Cross, 31, of Tiptonville, Tenn.; Tamara Caldwell, 27, of Mayfield; and Jeffery Allen Burton, 27, of West Paducah, are charged with murder, kidnapping, first-degree rape, abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence.

All five pleaded not guilty on April 9 to participating in the slaying.

According to indictments issued by a Graves County grand jury last month, investigators believe that Cross, Burton and Tamara Caldwell kidnapped Currin, forced her to engage in sexual acts and then killed her on July 30, 2000. Her burned and beaten body was found two days later behind Mayfield Middle School.

Prosecutors believe that after Currin died, the five defendants abused her body and then set it on fire to conceal their crimes.

A motion has been filed to move the trial from Graves County to Christian County. Prosecutors and defense attorneys agree that the trial should be moved

The motion argues that media coverage surrounding Currin's death and the indictments have tainted the jury pool in Graves County, which has 37,625 residents. The motion argues to move the case to Christian County because it is outside the immediate area but is nearby and offers excellent courthouse facilities and a demographically diverse jury pool.
https://www.murrayledger.com/news/two-plead-guilty-in-death-of-jessica-currin-will-testify-against-three-others/article_ba8a10b4-75ed-5914-a31c-381adb375488.html

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