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Cordell Farrington and the
Case of the Missing Boys
Cordell Farrington; a father of three children (one
just three months old) was charged in a Freeport court with the murders
of Jamaal Robinson, 22, Mackinson Colas, 11, Junior Reme, 11, DeAngelo
McKenzie, 13, and Desmond Rolle, 14.
The Horror: Cordell Farrington locked up for life
By Natario McKenzie - The Tribune
Friday, October 01, 2010
THE horrifying details of how four
young boys died at the hands of perverted Cordell Farrington were
revealed to their grieving families yesterday.
Relatives listened in disbelief as prosecutors
disclosed the sordid and gruesome circumstances surrounding their
killings on Grand Bahama seven years ago.
The court heard how 43-year-old Farrington picked up
Mackinson Colas, 11, Junior Reme, 11, Deangelo McKenzie, 13, and Desmond
Rolle, 14. He brutally attacked them and hid their bodies in secluded
areas, only to return weeks later to collect the remains and store them
in boxes at the home of his unsuspecting former girlfriend.
The revelations during Farrington's sentencing
hearing yesterday sparked an emotional outburst from members of the
victims' families who sobbed uncontrollably and had to be ushered out of
the court.
Farrington had already pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
In his confession, he revealed how he picked up the unsuspecting boys,
sodomised them and then killed them. He told how he hid their bodies at
Barbary Beach in eastern Grand Bahama, returning weeks later for their
remains.
Sentencing Farrington to life, Senior Justice Jon
Isaacs described the killings as "horrific and not of someone who should
be readmitted into society."
The court heard how Farrington, tired of killing,
walked into the Central Police Station in Grand Bahama, told police he
simply could not take it anymore and confessed to the murder of 22-year-old
Jamaal Robbins - who he claimed had been his lover - as well as the
murders of the four boys. Farrington is already serving a life sentence
for the death of Mr Robbins.
Mackinson Colas went missing on May 16, 2003. He was
last seen by his mother.
Farrington told police he had picked the boy up on
Pioneer's Way, Freeport. He confessed that he took Mackinson home,
ordered him to take a shower and told him he was going to kill him.
According to his statement, Farrington said that when
the boy asked why he had to kill him, he replied by saying simply that
he "had to do it."
Farrington told police he bound the boy by his hands
and feet with duct tape and struck him on the head several times with a
wooden plank. He then put the boy's body in the trunk of his car, drove
to Barbary Beach and buried him there. Two weeks later he returned to
collect his remains.
An outburst by a sister of the deceased prompted the
judge to order that all relatives leave the court.
"You took my brother from me. You are supposed to die,"
the woman shouted.
Deangelo McKenzie was last seen by his grandfather on
May 27, 2003. Farrington told police he picked up the boy in the parking
lot of the Church of God while he was heading home from school. He said
he had asked the boy to go home with him to pick up some equipment for
the church. He confessed that he took the boy home and had sex with him
twice. He asked the boy about his family and told him he was going to
have to kill him. He said the boy told him that he only wanted to go to
school and have a good education.
Farrington then bound the boy with duct tape and hit
him in the head several times with a wooden plank. He then put the boy's
body in the trunk of his car and drove to Barbary Beach where he hid the
body.
Junior Reme was reported missing on July 29, 2003,
and was last seen by his mother.
Farrington told police he had picked the boy up at
the rear of Christ the King Anglican Church and took him home. There he
ordered the boy to take a shower but the boy refused.
Farrington told investigators that he bound the boy
with duct tape and the child started to scream, so he stabbed him in the
neck with a knife; all the while his own son was in another room. He
told police he took the boy's body and put it in the trunk of his car.
He then drove to Barbary Beach where he hid the body. Farrington told
police he was sorry the boy had to die such a horrible death.
Desmond Rolle was last seen by is mother on September
28, 2003.
Farrington said he picked the boy up at a park while
heading to William's Town. He told the boy he knew his mother and
brother, and having gained his trust, drove him to a bushy area where he
handcuffed and raped him. Farrington then slit the boy's throat, took
his body back to his car and committed a sex act. He took the boy's body
to Barbary Beach, slit open the chest cavity, removed his heart and
severed his limbs. Farrington told police he was trying a "new way" to
kill.
Prosecutor Neil Brathwaite said there was evidence
that Farrington had also been involved in bestiality, had been admitted
to Sandilands and had suffered physical, emotional and psychological
abuse. He said the prosecution had accepted Farrington's plea of guilt
to the charge of manslaughter as he had acted with diminished
responsibility.
When asked whether he had anything to say, Farrington
broke into tears in the prisoner's dock.
He said: "I didn't fully understand what happened but
I ask for forgiveness from the family members."
His attorney Ramona Farquharson noted that Farrington
had confessed to the crimes and had suffered from a severe personality
disorder. She submitted that prior to committing the offences he had
been a productive and law-abiding citizen.
In sentencing Farrington, Senior Justice Isaacs noted
that the promising lives of four young boys had been snuffed out and
that the court could show no further degree of mercy to Farrington other
than what had already been afforded him. He also noted that Farrington
reportedly suffered from a severe personality disorder. Senior Justice
Isaacs described the killings as "horrific and not of someone who should
be readmitted into society."
He sentenced Farrington to life imprisonment on each
of the four counts. The judge stated that while in prison he would
receive the counselling he needs. The court hoped that he would spend
the rest of his natural life in jail.
Relatives of the deceased refused to speak after the
hearing.
Farrington's attorney said: "I think there is a sense
of relief that everything has finally come to a conclusion.
Cordell Farrington sentenced for murdered boys
BahamasUncensored,com
October 3, 2010
The monster named Cordell Farrington who killed the
four boys and his ex-lover Jamaal Robbins of Grand Bahama has now been
sentenced to life imprisonment four times, once each for the death of
each of the boys. The deaths occurred in 2000. The crown accepted a
guilty plea to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility,
a disease of the mind that affected the mental element of the crime
that reduced the crime to manslaughter and not murder for which he
could have gotten the death penalty. The final phase of his trial,
the sentencing, took place before Justice Jon Isaacs on Thursday 30th
September. The confessions of Mr. Farrington were read in gory and
complete detail in the court and were reported on Friday 1st October
as follows from The Tribune:
“The court heard how Farrington, tired of killing, walked into the
Central Police Station in Grand Bahama, told police he simply could
not take it anymore and confessed to the murder of 22-year-old Jamaal
Robbins - who he claimed had been his lover - as well as the murders
of the four boys. Farrington is already serving a life sentence for
the death of Mr. Robbins.
Mackison Colas 11 years old
“Mackinson Colas went missing on May 16, 2003. He was last seen by
his mother.
“Farrington told police he had picked the boy up on Pioneer's Way,
Freeport. He confessed that he took Mackinson home, ordered him to
take a shower and told him he was going to kill him.
“According to his statement, Farrington said that when the boy
asked why he had to kill him, he replied by saying simply that he "had
to do it."
“Farrington told police he bound the boy by his hands and feet
with duct tape and struck him on the head several times with a wooden
plank. He then put the boy's body in the trunk of his car, drove to
Barbary Beach and buried him there. Two weeks later he returned to
collect his remains.
“An outburst by a sister of the deceased prompted the judge to
order that all relatives leave the court.
"You took my brother from me. You are supposed to die," the woman
shouted.
Deangelo McKenzie 13 years old
“Deangelo McKenzie was last seen by his grandfather on May
27, 2003. Farrington told police he picked up the boy in the parking
lot of the Church of God while he was heading home from school. He
said he had asked the boy to go home with him to pick up some
equipment for the church. He confessed that he took the boy home and
had sex with him twice. He asked the boy about his family and told him
he was going to have to kill him. He said the boy told him that he
only wanted to go to school and have a good education.
“Farrington then bound the boy with duct tape and hit him in the
head several times with a wooden plank. He then put the boy's body in
the trunk of his car and drove to Barbary Beach where he hid the body.
Junior Reme 11 years old
“Junior Reme was reported missing on July 29, 2003, and was last
seen by his mother.
“Farrington told police he had picked the boy up at
the rear of Christ the King Anglican Church and took him home. There
he ordered the boy to take a shower but the boy refused.
“Farrington told investigators that he bound the
boy with duct tape and the child started to scream, so he stabbed him
in the neck with a knife; all the while his own son was in another
room. He told police he took the boy's body and put it in the trunk of
his car. He then drove to Barbary Beach where he hid the body.
Farrington told police he was sorry the boy had to die such a horrible
death.
Desmond Rolle 14 years old
“Desmond Rolle was last seen by his mother on September 28, 2003.
“Farrington said he picked the boy up at a park
while heading to William's Town. He told the boy he knew his mother
and brother, and having gained his trust, drove him to a bushy area
where he handcuffed and raped him. Farrington then slit the boy's
throat, took his body back to his car and committed a sex act. He took
the boy's body to Barbary Beach, slit open the chest cavity, removed
his heart and severed his limbs. Farrington told police he was trying
a "new way" to kill.
Admitted to Sandilands
“Prosecutor Neil Brathwaite said there was evidence that
Farrington had also been involved in bestiality had been admitted to
Sandilands and had suffered physical, emotional and psychological
abuse. He said the prosecution had accepted Farrington's plea of
guilty to the charge of manslaughter as he had acted with diminished
responsibility.
“When asked whether he had anything to say, Farrington broke into
tears in the prisoner's dock.
“He said: "I didn't fully understand what happened but I ask for
forgiveness from the family members."
“His attorney Ramona Farquharson noted that Farrington had
confessed to the crimes and had suffered from a severe personality
disorder. She submitted that prior to committing the offences he had
been a productive and law-abiding citizen.
“In sentencing Farrington, Senior Justice Isaacs noted that the
promising lives of four young boys had been snuffed out and that the
court could show no further degree of mercy to Farrington other than
what had already been afforded him. He also noted that Farrington
reportedly suffered from a severe personality disorder. Senior Justice
Isaacs described the killings as "horrific and not of someone who
should be readmitted into society."
“He sentenced Farrington to life imprisonment on each of
the four counts. The judge stated that while in prison he would
receive the counseling he needs. The court hoped that he would spend
the rest of his natural life in jail.
“Relatives of the deceased refused to
speak after the hearing."
Death Sentence Overturned
By Brent Dean - The Bahama Journal
October 15th, 2008
Convicted killer Cordell Farrington has had his murder conviction
and death sentence quashed by the Court of Appeal. Instead he was
convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to life in prison.
The ruling came down yesterday when the court also
gave ruling in the cases of eight others accused of crimes including
armed robbery, rape, attempted murder and murder.
President of the Court of Appeal Dame Joan Sawyer
delivered Farrington’s ruling. She sat yesterday with along with
Justices Milton Ganpatsingh and Emmanuel Osadebay.
Farrington, who was represented by attorney Wayne
Munroe, has also been charged with the killings of Deangelo McKenzie,
Desmond Rolle, Mackinson Colas and Junior Reme. These were four of the
five boys killed in Grand Bahama in 2003. He has not been tried for
their deaths.
The court also dismissed the appeals against the
murder conviction and death sentence against Maxo Tido. Tido still faces
hanging for the 2002 killing of 16-year-old Donnel Conover.
Her body was found in a quarry pit off Cowpen Road
with her head crushed and part of her body burned. Tido was the first
person sentenced to death in the Bahamas in 2006 after the mandatory
death sentence for murder was abolished as a result of a Privy Council
ruling.
Fredrick Francis, the man convicted of murdering
Austrian tourists Bernhard Bolanzo and Barbara Frellin von Perfall, will
still serve life in prison for the killings. The Attorney General’s
Office had appealed the sentences arguing they were too lenient for the
crimes committed. However, the appeals court did not instate the death
penalty against Francis. He was also convicted for armed robbery and the
rape of Von Perfall along with the murders. The visitors were killed at
the Bimini Blue Water Resort in 2005.
The court also gave its written reasons for
dismissing the applications by the Attorney General’s Office for leave
to the court to appeal against the sentences of Justice Jon Isaacs for
three people convicted of murder – Nekita Hamilton, James Dean and
Michelle Woodside. Justice Ganpatsingh delivered the ruling from the May
22nd decision.
The trio was re-sentenced by the Supreme Court after
the mandatory death sentence was abolished in the Bahamas. Hamilton was
convicted in April 1989 of the murder of David Cleare and sentenced to
death. He was re-sentenced to 5 years in jail as of September 2007 and
three years probation following this.
Michelle Woodside killed nun sister Claire Hass in
1991 to cover up theft. She bashed the nun in the head with a block
before slitting her throat. After being in custody for 16 years, she was
sentenced to 5 additional years in jail from September 2007 with 2 years
of probation after this time.
James Dean was convicted of murder in 1988 in the
course of armed robbery. In the 1990’s his death sentence was commuted
to life. He was re-sentenced to 3 years imprisonment as of September
2007 with three years probation following.
The court ruled that the AG’s Office botched the
process of appeal in the cases of James Dean and Michelle Woodside. The
duo was not served with the notices of application for leave to appeal.
The ruling also notes that none of the three convicts
were served with either tran scri pts or skeleton arguments pertaining
to their appeals. This was not done despite requests by their counsel
for the documents.
The court said that it reached the decision to
dismiss the appeals with "regret since in (their) view there were issues
raised on the record, which could have resulted in an arguable appeal on
the validity of the sentences passed."
The Court of Appeal also dismissed the appeal by
Ernest Lockhart against his conviction and death sentence. He is
convicted of killing Claxton Smith. Additionally, the court dismissed
the appeal by Lockhart’s co-accused Jeffrey Prosper on conviction.
Kendon Brown also lost his appeal against conviction
for manslaughter in the killing of nurse Joan Lunn and the attempted
murder of Anthony Saunders.
The Farrington case
BahamasUncensored.com
August 20, 2006
After weeks of testimony, most of it prurient and
scandalous, Cordell Farrington was convicted on Friday 18th August of
the murder of Jamal Robins of Freeport. Mr. Robins’ parents pronounced
themselves happy with the verdict. They said that their son could now
rest in peace. The prosecution was justly proud of the verdict. They
needed a conviction on this very simple and straightforward case. The
jury did its job too, and quickly. Now comes the sentencing phase.
Of course the evidence did reveal something, which we
do not know if the jury considered; and whether it may form the basis of
an appeal if the Judge did not leave it to the jury. While the
psychiatrist and the psychologist who testified, Michael Neville and
Timothy Barrett respectively said that Mr. Farrington was clearly not
insane because at the time of the act he appreciated right from wrong,
it was also clear that they said that he had a disease of the mind which
would suggest the defence of diminished responsibility. This is the
same defence that allowed the Hanna son who murdered his entire family
to get life imprisonment in the 1980s. It is not clear from the
newspaper reports whether the defence attorney raised it in her
arguments.
The result of a successful defence of diminished
responsibility is a manslaughter conviction. The penalty is up to life
imprisonment. Perhaps at the sentencing phase on the murder conviction,
these arguments will come out. However, the sordid life of Mr.
Farrington is one that the sociologists of The Bahamas should study for
years to come. Here was a homosexual man who has three children with a
woman with whom he also claimed he had a loving relationship. She came,
testified and confirmed it. He said in his confession to the murder
that he killed Mr. Robins because he loved him so much that he wanted
him to be with him forever. Killing him was a way to do that. They
became sexual lovers at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre where both
were recovering from drug addictions.
According to the accused, Mr. Robins reverted to his
addiction when they moved to Freeport, and he killed Mr. Robins because
he was so angry that Mr. Robins would not stop stealing from him and
using drugs. He asked another lover with whom he was also living to
help him dispose of Mr. Robins’ body. It was a strange thing also that
the lover who helped him dispose of the body was so frightened that he
did not tell the police. He said he was afraid that he would be exposed
as homosexual. This is really the stuff for a movie. Anyway, the
matter is over for now. Mr. Farrington is either headed for the death
penalty or life imprisonment. We understand that Mr. Farrington now has
to stand trial for the death of four young boys in Freeport.
Murder Accused Seeks Forgiveness
By Stephen Gay - The Bahama Journal
August 15th, 2006
Accused serial killer Cordell Farrington explained in the Supreme
Court on Monday how he murdered his former lover in Grand Bahama and
asked the young man’s family for forgiveness hours after jurors viewed a
videotape with him confessing to police to the murder.
Farrington is also accused of
murdering four of five missing boys in Grand Bahama in 2003, but it is
the murder of Jamaal Robbins that he is now standing trial for.
The accused murderer gave an un-sworn statement in
court on Monday afternoon, saying the events of the day he murdered
Robbins have haunted him in prison for the last three years.
He also said he wishes things had ended differently
and that had he had a little more control Robbins would have been alive
today.
The accused said he still feels that Robbins is with
him and he said he loved him so much that he felt that he knew him
better than his family did.
Farrington also told the court that he suffers from
periodic memory lapses that resulted from an abusive childhood. Jurors
heard a similar story earlier in the day as they viewed a videotape that
featured the accused confessing to police to killing Robbins.
For almost an hour jurors watched as an apparently
calm Farrington gave police the details of the brutal murder. During the
viewing the accused, who was sitting in the prisoner’s dock, appeared
emotionless as the events of that night were relived.
On the videotape Farrington recounted how he and
Robbins first met and how they became lovers back in 2000 at the
Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre in New Providence. Farrington described
that relationship as a business relationship that was strictly sexual.
He went on to describe how they carried on that relationship in Grand
Bahama after being released from Sandilands.
According to Farrington, after a few months things
changed and Robbins began using drugs again and resorted to stealing to
support his habit. In his confession, Farrington said Robbins threatened
to leave him because he could not afford him, and according to the
accused it was that issue that angered him to the point of murder.
He then told officers that one night as Robbins was
lying across the bed they shared, he hit him across the head with an
iron plank as hard as he could, followed by blows about the body.
Farrington then described how he wrapped the body in
a blanket and how with the help of an ex-lover, Oterrio Floyd, disposed
of the body in a bushy area off the Grand Bahama Highway.
He told police that he returned to the scene in
December 2002 to ensure that the body was deteriorating so that he would
be able to package the remains and take them home for safe keeping.
During the confession, Assistant Superintendent
Anthony Ferguson asked Farrington why he kept the remains. The accused
replied that stashing the remains was in his mind all along because he
knew how important finding those bones would be to police.
In his un-sworn statement the accused said he also
wanted Robbins to always be near him.
On videotape, ASP Ferguson asked Farrington if he had
thoughts of killing again. The accused responded, "yes", and said it was
only a matter of how and when.
More testimony is expected to be heard in the case on
Tuesday morning when the trail resumes. The defense is expected to call
physiatrist Dr. Michael Neville to the stand.
Former lover of accused testifies
By Jimenita Swain - The
Nassau Guardian
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Former lover of murder accused Cordell Farrington
testified yesterday of how under duress he helped in disposing of the
body of Jamal Robins off the Grand Bahama Highway. Robins went missing
between July and August 2002.
Oterrio Floyd, a pool attendant at Lyford Cay
explained that in 2002 he lived at Mallory Lane. He was employed at
Burger King as a cleaner making about $165 a week. The witness who tried
to contain his tears was very emotional throughout his testimony.
The witness said he met Cordell Farrington in January
2002 and he moved in within a week of them meeting. He was 21 at the
time. Residing in the apartment with him was Cordell Farrington and two
other room-mates.
Farrington, his lover, slept in his bedroom, he said.
"He stopped living in my bedroom in late May (2002) when Elkin and
Joseph moved out," the witness told the court. Floyd said he started
seeing Jamal Robins around their apartment in February 2002.
On July 17, 2002, the witness said, he left work at
12 and got home at about 12.30 p.m. He testified that he overheard an
argument between Farrington and Robins. "Cordell was telling him if he
sell his body he might catch AIDS. At that point he just said in a
friendly way, 'I would kill that boy,'" he stated.
The witness said the conversation did not last very
long and he did not intervene in any way. He went to bed and was
awakened by a rumbling about 6.30 a.m.
Within the next five minutes he said the accused was
at his door shouting, "Terry, Terry, Terry, I kill him!" The witness
said he was not pleased with being awakened at that hour nor did he
believe the accused. Nonetheless he followed him to the bedroom where he
said he saw a body lying face up on the floor.
"It was Jamal Robins' body," he disclosed. The
witness told the court that the accused was standing near the body. He
was wrapping the body up and cleaning up blood. Angrily he asked
Farrington what he had done in their home.
Pacing the hallway of their home, the witness
questioned who he was going to tell, but because he was "gay" he decided
he could not tell his mother or the police.
Floyd said he never went into the room with body. "He
shook me and say Terry, Terry catch yourself. He said he would harm me
and kill my family," the witness stated.
Floyd said Farrington went back into the bedroom and
completed wrapping up the body and soaking up blood with towels and
sheets. "I was forced to help him carry the body because he told me it
was too heavy for him to lift," he said. Complying with the request
Robins' body was placed in the back trunk of Farrington's car and
discarded in bushes off the Grand Bahama Highway.
Throughout his testimony Farrington nor Floyd
appeared to look at each other. Farrington sat in the prisoner's dock
with his head bowed and eyes downcast throughout the evidence.
Edward Robins broke down and had to be escorted out
of court during the evidence.
Bahamas Man Charged After 4 Boys
Vanish
By Dominic Duncombe - Associated Press Writer
October 29, 2003
A hardware store stock clerk was charged with five
counts of murder on Wednesday in connection with the disappearance of
four boys and a young man on Grand Bahama Island.
Cordell Farrington, 35, was charged in the Freeport
court with the murders of Jamaal Robinson, 22, Mackinson Colas, 11,
Junior Reme, 11, DeAngelo McKenzie, 13, and Desmond Rolle, 14.
All of the boys had worked as bag-packers at the Winn
Dixie Supermarket in Freeport and played video games nearby. Farrington
worked as a clerk at Kelly's Freeport Ltd., a hardware store located
near the Winn Dixie.
McKenzie disappeared in May along with Colas and Jake
Grant, 12. Reme vanished June 30 and Rolle on Sept. 28.
Four minors were charged earlier this month with
manslaughter in connection with Grant's disappearance. Grant allegedly
drowned, according to the minors charged, but his body has not been
found yet.
Piles of skeletal remains were found Sunday in the
Barbary Beach area.
"It's a hard thing to deal with," said Hercules
Knowles, DeAngelo's uncle. "It ends the waiting. It's something (now)
you can put to rest."
Christopher Lowe, a manager at the hardware store
where Farrington worked, said Farrington had worked there for three
months and passed all of his background checks.
Farrington, who reportedly has three children of his
own, disappeared from work last Thursday at noon.
"His disposition was always happy, cheery and never
miserable," Lowe said. "There was absolutely nothing to indicate
anything like this."
Police in the Bahamas were assisted by the FBI and
British officers from Scotland Yard. A retired FBI profiler and a former
Las Vegas homicide detective were also sent to help by the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children, based in Alexandria, Va.
Serial killer of 5
found in Bahamas
Oct 2003
Investigators in the
Bahamas are beginning to piece together details of a serial killing case
that broke after a quiet warehouse clerk turned himself in and was
charged in the deaths of four missing boys and a 22-year-old friend.
Common characteristics
in the deaths of the five all point to one killer, assistant police
commissioner Ellison Greenslade said yesterday.
"The fingerprints are
glaring," he said. "This is a complicated investigation. There's a lot
more work to be done."
Cordell Farrington, 35,
has been charged with the murders of two 11-year-old, a 13-year-old, a
14-year-old and 22-year-old Jamaal Robins, whom he befriended at a drug
rehabilitation center.
Farrington's ex-girlfriend,
who identified herself only by the last name Dean, said police seized
three cardboard boxes that allegedly belonged to Farrington last week.
The boxes contained
human bones separated into plastic bags and labeled with numbers, one
police officer told The Associated Press.
Dean, with whom
Farrington has a 3-month-old daughter, said he kept the boxes in a room
that he used to craft artwork with driftwood and conch shells.
"He used to say, 'This
is my room, and no one is to go in there,"' she said at her doorstep on
Sunday.
Farrington was not
asked to enter a plea in court last week. He is jailed pending a hearing
on February 17. If convicted, he could be hanged.
Investigators told
victims' relatives Farrington led them to other remains scattered on the
eastern end of Grand Bahama, an island of resorts and golf courses
fringed with pine forests.
Friends described
Farrington as a bright, articulate man who was an avid reader of the
Bible and had kicked a crack habit.
"I'm just completely
baffled by it," said Elkin Moss, 26, Farrington's roommate for several
months last year.
Dean said she met
Farrington at a gas station and they started living together earlier
this year, before the boys began to disappear in May.
Dean said Farrington
mentioned being abused as a child but was a good father. She said they
began to argue when she noticed he was losing weight and suspected he
had started using drugs again.
They separated on
October 26, just hours before Farrington turned himself in to police. By
then, Dean said, Farrington had moved the boxes to the porch of her
mother's house for storage. She said police later came for them.
A sixth body found at
an undisclosed location has yet to be identified, although 12-year-old
Jake Grant disappeared in May.
