BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Testimony is underway in the federal kidnapping trial involving Derick Brown, one of the defendants accused in 2019 disappearance and death of 3-year-old Kamille ‘Cupcake’ McKinney. Brown is charged with kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap a minor. The defense team elected to move the trial from Birmingham to Tuscaloosa to avoid potential juror bias.on the same counts in October 2022. He faces an automatic life sentence.
Milner reminded the jury that Brown told police things only a kidnapper would, describing the drugs that would be found in McKinney’s body. He also highlighted they would never specifically know what happened to the child after she was taken to Brown’s apartment. Butler reminded the jury that Brown didn’t have a driver’s license and she spent the day in the car traveling all the places Stallworth wanted to go. Butler refuted the government’s assertion that Brown and Stallworth went to Tom Brown Village to kidnap a child, noting no one knew a child’s birthday party would be happening outside.
The defense concluded by assuring the jury the government didn’t meet their burden of proof in this case. The government refuted the defense’s notion that Stallworth was the only guilty party in this incident. Forensic pathologist Dr. Daniel Dye conducted McKinney’s autopsy. He explained McKinney had multiple injuries and skin abrasions. McKinney was killed at least a week before her body was found. Dye said it was a challenging examination due to the time that had passed since the child died and the conditions her body was exposed to.
“If you don’t know where the child is I don’t want to talk about nothing else,” Price told Brown. “I am not concerned about all this other stuff.” The government also took the jury inside the interrogation room at Birmingham Police Headquarters, playing videos of Brown’s interviews with law enforcement.
“You left her out there to fend for herself,” Talana Brown stated. “I can’t believe you are a mother with kids and wouldn’t do anything to stop it. You could have done more to protect this baby.”“You didn’t help her while she was alive, now help her since she’s dead.” Osborne testified that she saw a blue SUV parked in her cul-de-sac where children were playing outside. After 15 minutes she approached the car and asked what they were doing. Coincidentally Brown said she previously lived in Osborne’s apartment and asked her what happened to all the children who used to play outside.
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