A white man accused of murdering 3-year-old girl  to appear in court

Adolphus Earl Kimrey II, the man accused of murdering Mariah Woods in 2017, on Monday pled guilty to first-degree murder and child abuse as part of a plea deal. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

By Edward Era Barbacena 

Another case of a child murdered by a white man in the United States. This kind of cases are becoming very alarming. 

Adolphus Earl Kimrey II, the white man charged with murdering 3-year-old Mariah Woods in 2017, is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, Dec. 12 in the Onslow County Superior Court.

At the time, Kimrey was the live-in boyfriend of Kristy Woods, Mariah’s mother. Law enforcement has indicated that Kristy Woods told investigators she put Mariah to bed at their home in Onslow County on Nov. 26, and Mariah was missing the next day.

Mariah was found dead in a creek in Pender County on Dec. 2, 2017. An autopsy found that she died from chloroform toxicity.

He was arrested on Dec. 2 on charges including concealing of death and obstruction of justice; he was charged with murder in January 2018.