... murdered a 13-year-old boy. Carpenter, along with Joshua M. Brown, have been charged in the Sept. 26 death of Jesse Dirkhising. The two men are accused of drugging, binding and gagging the boy, who was then repeatedly raped and sodomized ...

... raping and murdering as his "on-the-side lover." Brown is charged in the Sept. 26, 1999, death of young Jesse Dirkhising. Brown's roommate and homosexual partner, Davis Don Carpenter, 39, faces trial May 7. Both could be executed ...

... spares his life. Davis Don Carpenter, 39, admitted in court that he directed the Sept. 26, 1999, assault on Jesse Dirkhising. In a jailhouse interview Tuesday, Carpenter maintained his innocence but said he would plead guilty rather than ...

... rape and murder of a 13-year-old boy. Prosecutors want Joshua Mccabe Brown executed for the rape and killing of Jesse Dirkhising on Sept. 26, 1999. Brown and his roommate, Davis Don Carpenter, are charged with capital murder and six counts ...

... Don Carpenter approaches. Carpenter, 39, is charged in the Sept. 26, 1999, rape and murder of 13-year-old Jesse Dirkhising. A prosecutor says Carpenter directed an assault in which the boy was drugged, bound with duct tape and nylon rope ...

... his lawyers say he loved and did not mean to hurt. Prosecutors are seeking Brown's execution for the death of Jesse Dirkhising of Prairie Grove. In May, they will prosecute Brown's roommate, Davis Don Carpenter, for the same crimes and ...

... long sexual assault. Joshua Macabe Brown, 23, is charged with rape and murder in the Sept. 26, 1999, death of Jesse Dirkhising. Brown's roommate, Davis Don Carpenter, 39, faces trial May 7 on the same charges. Both could be executed ...

... Prosecutors say they seized more than 150 pieces of evidence from the Rogers home of Joshua Macabe Brown, 23, and Davis Don Carpenter, 39, who are charged with rape and capital murder in the Sept. 26, 1999, murder of Jesse Dirkhising.

... Carpenter, 38, and Joshua Brown, 22, are charged with capital murder and six counts of rape in the death of Jesse Dirkhising, who was found near death in the men's home at Rogers on Sept. 26. Prosecutor Brad Butler said he will seek ...

... Brown, 22. The two Rogers men are charged with capital murder and six counts of rape each in the Sept. 26 death of Jesse Dirkhising of Prairie Grove. The boy, who was visiting for the weekend, was drugged, gagged with underwear and strapped ...