Edenfield Found Guilty On All Counts In Barrios Murder

Guilty on all counts - after six days of testimony - attorneys for the state and defendant David Edenfield presented their closing arguments Monday morning. It only took a couple of hours for the jury to convict him of the kidnap, molestation and murder of 6 year old Christopher Barrios.
The little boy was lured from outside his home back in March of 2007. He'd been playing on a nearby swing set after school. One week later his body was found in a garbage bag on a roadside a few miles away. David Edenfield is the first to face trial. His wife and son were also allegedly involved in the crime.

In closing arguments District Attorney Stephen Kelly said, "When it boils right down to it - David Edenfield has convicted himself." The district attorney went on to say the trial is about simple people and simple facts - that a jail house confession by David Edenfield showed that he admitted wrongdoing. "Well, I want to tell you, it's my fault, it's my fault. I should have been a grown man and stopped it right them, but I didn't," Edenfield was seen admitting on the tape.
Edenfield himself chose not to testify before the jury - his attorney say Peggy Edenfield, David’s wife, also charged with murder - had no credibility, “Whatever Peggy Edenfield said, it's questionable."

Peggy Edenfield testified for hours, prosecutors agreed in exchange for her testimony, not to seek the death penalty against her. The end result - defense attorney James Yancy says is confusion, “And I will stand her before you and tell you - I can't tell you which one is true, I can not tell you which one is false. Cause there's so much that's been said - so much that's been contradicted - so much that's been directly either proved or disproved. It's just so much."
After the verdict was read in the courtroom - Christopher Barrio's father stopped to talk to reporters. “I'm very happy, very happy. It's not over with yet though. We got a sentencing to go through now,” said Michael Barrios. Prosecutors are asking for the death penalty.