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Joshua Earl Patrick Phillips (born March 17, 1984) is an American who was convicted of murder as a child. In November 1998, when he was 14 years old, Phillips killed Madelyn Rae Clifton (June 17, 1990 - November 3, 1998), his 8-year-old friend and neighbor.
Nov 13, 2023 · Joshua Earl Patrick Phillips, at the age of 15, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of eight-year-old Madelyn Clifton. Due to the severity of the crime, he was charged and tried as an adult. His trial was moved to a different county due to the flood of media coverage in the Jacksonville area.
May 26, 2022 · Updated May 31, 2022. On November 3, 1998, Josh Phillips murdered little Maddie Clifton in Jacksonville, Florida, then stashed her body underneath his bed and slept just above her corpse for a week before it was found.
Nov 3, 2018 · As police went to a middle school and arrested Joshua Earl Patrick Phillips that day, parents at Maddie’s San Jose Catholic School raced there to take their children home early.
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Nov 3, 2021 · Josh Phillips in court Friday to be resentenced for the 1998 murder of Maddie Clifton. During the hearing in August 2017, Phillips took the stand, apologizing to Maddie's family. "I don't...
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Murders. Joshua Phillips: Child Killer Who Slept Above his Victim for Days. Liz Coyle. Fourteen year old Joshua Phillips brutally murdered his good friend and neighbor, Maddie Clifton on November 3, 1998, in Jacksonville Florida.
Joshua Earl Patrick Phillips (born March 17, 1984) is an American who was convicted of murder as a child. In November 1998, when he was 14 years old, Phillips killed Madelyn Rae Clifton (June 17, 1990 - November 3, 1998), his 8-year-old friend and neighbor. The following year, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
