Cantonment Man Pleads Not Guilty Of Murdering Baby

September 25, 2010

The man accused of the stabbing death of a pregnant Cantonment woman and her baby was in court Friday.

Phillip Arnold was indicted by a grand jury this week on another first degree murder charge for the death of the newborn. He was already facing one first degree murder charge for the death of Angela Castella Brown on July 5 in Cantonment.

Friday, Arnold issued a not guilty plea before Judge Linda Nobles. He will be back in court in December.

Brown, who was six months pregnant, underwent an emergency C-section after she was stabbed. The newborn, named Angela Chambers, died just over seven hours after being delivered.

Arnold, 65, of 349 South Chipper Road, fatally stabbed Brown in the chest, according to the State Attorney’s Office. Arnold and Brown were neighbors, and that was their only known connection, according to Sgt. Ted Roy, spokesperson for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were dispatched to the stabbing at a mobile home at 349 South Chipper Road about 8:35 p.m only July 5. When they arrived, witnesses told deputies that Arnold fled into a nearby wooded area. As deputies were arriving in the area, EMS personnel advised they had seen a black male running down the railroad tracks on South Chipper Road.

Witnesses at the scene reported observing a black male known to them as Arnold running from the scene moments before they discovered the victim, according to the Sheriff’s Office. K-9 officers attempting to track Arnold discovered a knife that was believed to be the murder weapon. As deputies were surrounding the area to search for Arnold, he called sheriff’s dispatchers about 9:10 p.m. Arnold said he was at a home at 2473 Stacey Road and that he wanted to turn himself in. He was taken into custody without incident.

Brown was the mother of seven other children.

Comments

5 Responses to “Cantonment Man Pleads Not Guilty Of Murdering Baby”

  1. David Huie Green on September 26th, 2010 9:09 am

    if the law’s looking for you, about the only way to be sure of staying alive is to turn yourself in. I imagine he did the deed; I don’t know he did the deed. Turning himself in does not prove it either way.

    David regretting the killings
    hoping for justice
    wondering what it will be

  2. CONCERNED ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY IN MORE WAYS THAN A FEW.... on September 26th, 2010 2:06 am

    ITS OBVIOUS THAT HE DID IT SEEING AS TO HOW HE TURNED HIMSELF IN…….NOW HE WILL LIVE THE REST OF HIS LIFE REMEMBERING WHAT HE DID, UNFORTUNATLEY THE POOR MOTHER AND CHILD WONT GET ANY MORE CHANCES IN LIFE. WHAT A LOSER, ITS AWFULL, THOUGHTS AND PRAYER GO OUT TO THE LOVED ONES LEFT BEHIND.

  3. David Huie Green on September 25th, 2010 4:01 pm

    obviously not right in the noodle (assuming he did it, of course)

    question is, what to do with him now

  4. Nope on September 25th, 2010 11:27 am

    Probably was cranked up on drugs or he is not right in the noodle

  5. Chumuckla proud on September 25th, 2010 9:43 am

    He called the Sheriff’s dispatchers and said he wanted to turn himself in but then pleas not guilty. Unbelievable for sure!

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