Marlin Barnes

Marlin Barnes
Miami Hurricanes
Position Linebacker
Career history
College Miami (1995)
Personal information
Weight 220 lb (100 kg)

Marlin Barnes was a linebacker for the University of Miami Hurricanes. He was found shot and beaten to death in his apartment in 1996, along with his longtime friend, Timwanika Lumpkins.[1] Barnes was a six-foot, 220-pound linebacker who played second string for the Hurricanes.

Murder

On the morning of April 13, 1996, Barnes' body was discovered when his roommate, Earl Little, came home to pick up the keys to his truck. Little found that someone had slashed two of the tires on his truck, and when he attempted to open the door to the apartment, he noticed that there was something obstructing the door. When Earl looked through an opening in the door, he saw the body of his roommate and friend, Marlin Barnes, slumped against the door with a pool of blood surrounding him. Barnes was severely injured and had nearly lost his entire face in what appeared to be a brutal beating, and was close to death when Little found him. By the time the police arrived, Barnes was already dead. It was discovered that Barnes had been beaten to death with a blunt object. After a thorough search of the rest of the apartment, police found the beaten and broken, yet alive, body of Barnes’ girlfriend, Timwanika Lumpkins, pinned between the bed and the wall. She later died in the hospital.[2]

Investigation

After seventeen days of investigation, it was concluded that Lumpkins’ ex-boyfriend, Labrant Dennis, had entered the apartment after slashing the tires on Little’s car. After entering the apartment, Dennis proceeded to beat Barnes twenty-two times with the butt of a shotgun. When he was done with Barnes, he turned on Lumpkins, doing the same to her as he did to Barnes. Dennis was sentenced to the death penalty[2] and as of 2016 was still on death row.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "A Friend To All". Sun-Sentinel. 21 April 1996. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 Skolnick, Ethan J. (13 April 2006). "Healing comes slowly". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Labrant Dennis
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