A Cleveland County District Court jury has found Kevin Ray Underwood, 28, guilty of first degree muder in the death of 10-year-old neighbor Jamie Rose Bolin.

After a week of testimony capped with a video confession, the jury deliberated less than an hour before reaching their decision this morning.

The decision marks the end of the first phase of the trial.

District Attorney Greg Mashburn is seeking the death penalty for Underwood, which will require another phase of testimony, after which the jury will again deliberate.

In his opening statements, defense attorney Matthew Haire said he would ask the jury to "spare the life of Kevin Underwood."

Haire alluded to Underwood's difficult childhood and the antidepressants Underwood was taking at the time of his arrest. He described Underwood as a "very troubled, reclusive young man."

Underwood abducted Bolin when she came to his Purcell home and asked to see his pet rat.