Robert Veal, 37, faces an automatic sentence of life without parole for murdering Kelli Underwood, 46, in her home in the early morning hours of Sept. 17, 2017. By signing up you agree to our privacy policy, Stand with us in our mission to discover and uncover the story of North Texas. Kelli Underwood, 46, was found dead Sept. 20 at the home in the 1100 block of Park View Drive. A Princeton woman who was found dead at her home in September was killed in a murder-for-hire plot over a love triangle involving her boss and the mother of his child, authorities say. Coronavirus numbers are rising, so is North Texas at the start of a fall COVID-19 surge? Welborn and Robinson have been together about three years and have a child together. MCKINNEY — A jury found a man guilty of capital murder Friday in a 2017 murder-for-hire plot in the Collin County town of Princeton. “What actually happened here? “I hope [the Lord’s] vengeance calls for you to burn in hell.”. “Robert isn’t going to do it,” Welborn had texted Robinson before the murder. When that plot failed, the lawyers agreed, the conspirators pivoted to “Plan B”: Murder. Robert Veal, 37, faces an automatic sentence of life without parole for murdering Kelli Underwood, 46, in her home in the early morning hours of Sept. … Catherine Marfin, Breaking News Reporter. During Veal’s trial, the defense argued that some text messages on Underwood’s phone — specifically between her and her daughter — should have been shown to the jury. Authorities first questioned Welborn, who was Underwood's boss at a sheet-metal company. He has worked in a number of other capacities for The News since 2007, and he was previously a copy editor at The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Fla. Text messages show that Robinson gave Welborn an ultimatum: Get rid of her, or I’m leaving. Cellphone records placed Welborn at Underwood's home several times after she was killed but before her body was found, the affidavit says. All rights reserved. (Google Maps) By Tom Steele. “When they’re talking about shells, it doesn’t mean it could be something innocent, like they’re going to make mac and cheese,” he said. At first the plan was just to plant drugs on Underwood, according to the affidavit, but they decided to kill her after that didn't work. "Robinson said her relationship with Welborn has improved since Underwood's murder.". In one message, Veal texted Powell that the plan would be to crank up the stereo, follow the victim upstairs and “go to work.”. Referring to Underwood, Robinson said she was "glad she's gone," the affidavit says. Kelli Underwood, 46, was identified Monday as the Princeton woman whose body was found Wednesday evening at the home in the 1100 block of Park View Drive. According to the affidavit, he admitted to smoking methamphetamine and said there was incriminating information on his cellphone, then grabbed the phone off a table in an apparent attempt to delete that evidence when a Ranger reached for it. The texts were not admitted into evidence. By signing up you agree to our privacy policy, Stand with us in our mission to discover and uncover the story of North Texas. A few days after, Veal texted Powell: “Call me bud have a job for ya.”. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. She pointed to a picture of Powell that was on a table and said she and Welborn paid him and Veal $8,000 to kill Underwood, the affidavit says. “You can find this man guilty in this case based on his own words.”. According to the defense, Powell and Veal used methamphetamine, and that Underwood had a high level of meth in her system when she died. Veal’s attorney argued during the trial this week that Powell was the real killer who shot Underwood with a .22 caliber weapon and stabbed her in the face. Bail for Robinson, Veal and Welborn is set at $1 million. Join Facebook to connect with Kelli Underwood and others you may know. Marshals arrested Powell at an Allen hotel Sept. 27 on an outstanding assault warrant. “My client is a bad person,” Walpole said in closing arguments. 168 Followers, 64 Following, 4 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Kelli Underwood (@kelliunderwood) Walpole said the texts showed something else. Phone records shown to jurors in court revealed that Welborn then called Veal. All rights reserved. Robinson and Welborn were arrested after their interviews Wednesday. Copyright © 2020 The Dallas Morning News. In early October, an inmate at the Collin County jail passed an officer a note saying that Powell "described how a burglary went bad in Princeton and he Brutaly [sic] murdered a girl," the affidavit says. Underwood’s daughter found her on Sept. 20, 2017 — three days after prosecutors say she was killed. Kelli Underwood, 46, was identified Monday as the Princeton woman whose body was found Wednesday evening at the home in the 1100 block of Park View Drive. According to the affidavit, he had also been her lover for a number of years — even after he kicked her out of his home a few months before Robinson moved in with him.

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