Bubba-Joe
02-24-2005, 12:15 PM
What is the world coming to??
How messed up can this woman be??
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The man charged with killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son told his wife from behind bars that "everyone has this all wrong."
Stephen Dale Barbee, 37, was charged with capital murder after police say he confessed Tuesday to suffocating bagel shop owner Lisa Underwood, 34, who was seven months pregnant with his daughter, and her 7-year-old son from a previous relationship.
Barbee's wife of two months, Trish Barbee, 39, said she spoke to her husband for the first time since his arrest during a visit Wednesday at the Mansfield Jail.
"He said everyone has this all wrong," she told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in Thursday's editions. "I said, 'What do you mean?' And he just started crying. He just kept saying how much he loved me."
Barbee said she knew that Underwood was an ex-girlfriend, but had been unaware that Underwood was pregnant until police came to talk to her husband Saturday night, after Underwood and her son were reported missing.
Barbee said that her husband told her that he went to Underwood's home Friday night to talk to her about the pregnancy and, perhaps, child support. Police said that is when the murders occurred.
"He wanted to talk to her and work something out," Barbee said. "She started arguing with him and yelling at him. She hit him and kicked him and he said she wouldn't stop.
"That's all I'm going to tell you that he said."
Trish Barbee also defended her husband.
"He's a wonderful man. An angel," she told The Dallas Morning News as she choked back sobs. "I don't think he did this. He's the sweetest thing in the world."
Investigators in the case gave little credence to Trish Barbee's comments. "I wouldn't expect any other response from an accused killer's wife," Detective R.A. Gallaway said.:mad:
How messed up can this woman be??
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The man charged with killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son told his wife from behind bars that "everyone has this all wrong."
Stephen Dale Barbee, 37, was charged with capital murder after police say he confessed Tuesday to suffocating bagel shop owner Lisa Underwood, 34, who was seven months pregnant with his daughter, and her 7-year-old son from a previous relationship.
Barbee's wife of two months, Trish Barbee, 39, said she spoke to her husband for the first time since his arrest during a visit Wednesday at the Mansfield Jail.
"He said everyone has this all wrong," she told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in Thursday's editions. "I said, 'What do you mean?' And he just started crying. He just kept saying how much he loved me."
Barbee said she knew that Underwood was an ex-girlfriend, but had been unaware that Underwood was pregnant until police came to talk to her husband Saturday night, after Underwood and her son were reported missing.
Barbee said that her husband told her that he went to Underwood's home Friday night to talk to her about the pregnancy and, perhaps, child support. Police said that is when the murders occurred.
"He wanted to talk to her and work something out," Barbee said. "She started arguing with him and yelling at him. She hit him and kicked him and he said she wouldn't stop.
"That's all I'm going to tell you that he said."
Trish Barbee also defended her husband.
"He's a wonderful man. An angel," she told The Dallas Morning News as she choked back sobs. "I don't think he did this. He's the sweetest thing in the world."
Investigators in the case gave little credence to Trish Barbee's comments. "I wouldn't expect any other response from an accused killer's wife," Detective R.A. Gallaway said.:mad: