Mississippi man gets death sentence for multiple killings

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man was given four death sentences by a jury on Thursday, hours after he spoke in court and blamed the devil for his actions the night eight people were shot to death. Willie Cory Godbolt, 37, was convicted Tuesday of the May 2017 slayings of eight people. Four of... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

February 27, 2020

Victims’ families testify in Mississippi death penalty trial

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — The widow of a sheriff’s deputy testified Wednesday that she lost the love of her life when he was shot to death in 2017 while responding to a call about a domestic disturbance. The mother of a young man killed in another home that night testified that her life is a... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

February 26, 2020

Mississippi man convicted in shooting deaths of 8 people

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi jury on Tuesday convicted a man in the 2017 shooting deaths of eight people, including some of his own relatives and a deputy sheriff who responded to a domestic disturbance call. Willie Cory Godbolt, 37, was found guilty on all charges against him after jurors heard nine days of... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

February 24, 2020

Autopsy photos shown in trial of man charged with killing 8

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A deputy sheriff responding to a domestic dispute was killed by a shot to the left side of his head, a forensic pathologist testified Friday in the death-penalty trial of a man charged with killing the deputy and seven other people in Mississippi. The defendant, Willie Cory Godbolt, kept his head... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

February 20, 2020

Mississippi man accused of killing 8 tears up during trial

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — Testimony from a woman whose son and nephew were killed in a shooting rampage that claimed eight lives in a small Mississippi community was so emotional that the defendant ended up in tears. Willie Cory Godbolt is a man with a long history of abusive behavior, according to his relatives who... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

February 19, 2020

Witness says man on trial told her, ‘I done shot the police’

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A witness testified Tuesday that a Mississippi man on trial in the 2017 shooting deaths of eight people showed up at her house the night of the killings and that he was carrying two rifles and told her that he had killed a sheriff’s deputy. LaPeatra Stafford testified that Willie Cory... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

February 18, 2020

Daughter of man accused of killing 8 describes his abuse

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — The daughter of a Mississippi man on trial in the shooting deaths of eight people testified Monday that he was abusive and beat her frequently. My’Khyiah Godbolt took the stand at a courthouse in Magnolia, the Daily Leader newspaper reported, to testify against her father, Willie Cory Godbolt. Godbolt, 37, is... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

February 17, 2020

Defense attorney: Man accused of killing 8 ‘just snapped’

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people in Mississippi was fearful of the breakup of his family and “just snapped,” an attorney for the defendant argued Saturday during the first day of his death penalty trial. The killings began after Willie Cory Godbolt entered his in-laws’ home in Bogue Chitto and... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

February 17, 2020

Ex-wife of man accused of killing 8 describes 1st shooting

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — The now ex-wife of a Mississippi man on trial in the shooting deaths of eight people testified Sunday about how a sheriff’s deputy was shot in the face by the man she described as “abusive” and “controlling.” Sheena May was the only witness Sunday in the courthouse in Magnolia, telling jurors... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

February 12, 2020

Possible jurors questioned in Mississippi case of 8 killings

HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys questioned potential jurors Tuesday for the death penalty case of a Mississippi man accused of killing eight people. It was the second day of jury selection in the trial of Willie Cory Godbolt. It was not immediately clear when the 12 jurors and three alternates would be chosen by. Investigators... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

February 11, 2020

Jury being chosen for trial of man charged with killing 8

HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) — Jury selection continues Tuesday in north Mississippi for the death penalty trial of a man accused of killing eight people on the other end of the state in May 2017. Willie Cory Godbolt, now 37, said “I’m sorry” while a reporter was recording him after the shootings in south Mississippi’s Lincoln... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

Mississippi man gets death sentence for multiple killings

Victims’ families testify in Mississippi death penalty trial

Mississippi man convicted in shooting deaths of 8 people

Autopsy photos shown in trial of man charged with killing 8

Mississippi man accused of killing 8 tears up during trial

Witness says man on trial told her, ‘I done shot the police’

Daughter of man accused of killing 8 describes his abuse

Defense attorney: Man accused of killing 8 ‘just snapped’

Ex-wife of man accused of killing 8 describes 1st shooting

Possible jurors questioned in Mississippi case of 8 killings

Jury being chosen for trial of man charged with killing 8

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