McGee v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

From his conviction of first degree murder of Phyllis Seibers and sentence to 99 years in the penitentiary, the defendant below, Edward Joseph McGee, appeals to this court.

On December 18, 1966, Phyllis Seibers, age eight, and her cousin, Deborah Ray, age nine, went to the Shelby-ville city dump to play. They were there sexually *103molested and severely beaten by blows on their heads. Although, the wounds to her head were sufficient to cause death, Phyllis Seibers actually died from drowning, her body being thrown in a creek by her assailant.

When the girls failed to…