7:52 AM September 19, 2007

Suspect denies body barrel killings

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A man is denying shooting two men whose decomposed bodies were found sealed in steel drums on his property, his attorney said.

Defense attorney Ron Chapman said Tuesday that Jerry E. Pelfree told him he was innocent. Chapman declined further comment.

Monroe Circuit Judge Marc Kellams entered preliminary pleas of not guilty on Pelfree's behalf Tuesday and set a pretrial hearing for Nov. 13.
Pelfree, 51, is being held without bond in the Monroe County Jail on two counts of murder.

Authorities on Monday identified the dead men as Douglas Allen Brown and Everett Lynn Shaw. Brown, of Bloomington, was reported missing over the summer. Shaw, 34, of Gosport, was reported missing in March.

Bloomington police's Critical Incident Response Team went to the site and served a warrant Friday afternoon after an informant tipped off police. They found the steel-drum barrels about 100 yards from Pelfree's home. Several vehicles, weapons, and drugs also were confiscated from the residence.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed by police, Pelfree, Brown, Shaw and the informant had been staying together in April following the theft of an all-terrain vehicle.

Brown was believed to have been dating Pelfree's daughter and reportedly had threatened to kill her after they broke up, the record said.
The informant said he and Shaw were repairing a car at Pelfree's mobile home when Pelfree shot Shaw with a .22 caliber rifle.

The informant said when he went inside Pelfree's home following that shooting, he saw Brown dead on the living room couch. He also said he helped move the bodies and place them in the drums, the affidavit said.

Monroe County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Bob Miller said Tuesday his office had not decided whether to charge anyone else in the case.Don't date this guy's daughter...ok?

Good God .....the things people do to each other

People can be so sick and cruel!

Why do people keep the bodies on their property??

That's just asking for it.

Get rid of the evidence people.

Sheesh.

This is the brother of the guy who shot his daughters boyfriend in the head?

well, i hate to say it, but if some fool threatens to kill my daughter, they better have on body armor if they ever come around me too. f--- that. nobody can threaten the life of my baby girl i'm sorry.

Same here, I'd get to him first before he does! Sorry, but for my daughter...

those words should never leave a persons lips in the hearing of a father. Thats a big time no brainer, i would do the same but leave the bodies out in the boonies to let the animals dispose of the evidence. Do not mess with daughters.

I agree with all the protective parents. Nobody is going to threaten my baby, they'll find out how mean I can get.

Ha thats near my city!!!! Real question is why would you leave the barrels on your land? When you could bury them in the woods or fill them with cement and dump them in a mucky lake?

almost sounds like a Jerry Springer episode gone wrong... but I agree... if I had children and someone threatened their life game over...

and who sayd capitol punishment should be abolished. I know its from a movie, and its a bit trite, but it says what I think best. " criminals live off the compassion of good people"