From Verina Childs appeal: Verina and Doug Childs were members of a hunting club in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. On November 22, 2009, just after daybreak, Danny Fly, a local hunter, noticed Doug Childs’s body lying in the edge of the woods. Fly had seen Doug’s truck earlier that morning but had heard no gunshot prior to finding the body. Doug had received a single gunshot wound to the left side of his upper back. The projectile was fired by a Marlin 30/30 (“30/30”) hunting rifle that belonged to Verina.
Verina and Doug had left home just before daybreak to go hunting. Verina was carrying her 30/30, and shortly after arriving in the woods, she and Doug separated. Verina later told the investigator that she had a stomach ache, so she sent Doug a text stating that she was going back to the house. After using the restroom at home, she unloaded her rifle, removed her hunting clothes, and sent Doug a text stating that she was going to clean around the house. Shortly thereafter, Tina Reed pounded on the door and asked Verina to come with her. They went to the shooting scene and saw Doug’s body lying on the ground.
Deputy Commander Mahyar Netadj, following Verina’s consent to search, collected the rifle and several pieces of clothing from the house. Verina told Netadj that she had never fired the rifle but had unloaded it because she did not like to keep loaded guns in the house. However, the other guns in the house all were loaded. Lying next to the 30/30 was a gun-cleaning kit.
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Snapped: Verina Childs
INMATE INFORMATION
MDOC# 169370
Name: VERINA CHILDS
Race WHITE
Sex FEMALE
Date of Birth 5/26/1972
Height 5′ 2”
Weight 115
Complexion LIGHT
Build SMALL
Eye Color HAZEL
Hair Color BROWN
Entry Date 8/18/2011
Location CMCF
Unit CMCF QB
Location Change Date 9/24/2014 11:03:58 AM
Number of Sentences 1
Total Length LIFE
Offense 1
HOMICIDE/MURDER
Sentence Length 1 LIFE
County of Conviction 1 OKTIBBEHA
Sentence Date 1
