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Bigamist couple murder pregnant second wife, family – Christopher Henderson and wife Rhonda Carlson ‘cut out the unborn baby out of Kristen Henderson’s womb and stabbed multiple times’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h3 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;808080&semi;"><em><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;em><em><strong> &&num;8216&semi;Bigamist wipes out  pregnant second wife and her family in Alabama&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"moduleFull mol-video"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0f0000&semi;"><strong>Bigamist couple indicted for slayings of husband&&num;8217&semi;s pregnant second wife&comma; two children&comma; mother-in-law and the unborn baby they &&num;8216&semi;cut out of her womb and stabbed multiple times <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0f0000&semi;"><strong>Christopher Matthew Henderson<&sol;strong><strong> and wife Rhonda Jean Carlson <&sol;strong><strong>have been indicted on 19 counts of capital murder after his other wife was found dead on August 4&comma; 2015<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0f0000&semi;"><strong>Henderson&comma; 42&comma; and Rhonda Carlson&comma; 44&comma; of New Market&comma; Alabama&comma; have been charged in the deaths of five people<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0f0000&semi;"><strong>Nine-month-pregnant Kristen Henderson and her unborn daughter were both stabbed to death<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0f0000&semi;"><strong>Also killed were Kristen&&num;8217&semi;s 8-year-old son <&sol;strong><strong>Clayton Chambers&comma;  her mother Carol Smallwood&comma; 67&comma; and her one-year-old nephew Eli Sokolowiski&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0f0000&semi;"><strong>The couple allegedly set Kristen&&num;8217&semi;s mother&&num;8217&semi;s house on fire after the slayin<&sol;strong>gs<strong>  <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0f0000&semi;">Kristen Henderson was killed just a week after she filed a protective order against Christopher Henderson&comma; the hearing revealed Henderson was also married to Rhonda Carlson<strong>  <&sol;strong>  <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-230403" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;christopher-matthew-henderson-and-wife-rhonda-jean-carlson-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Christopher Matthew Henderson and wife Rhonda Jean Carlson 1&period;png" width&equals;"687" height&equals;"508" &sol;><strong>Bigamist Christopher Matthew Henderson &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; <&sol;strong><strong> and wife Rhonda Jean Carlson &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; <&sol;strong><strong> have been indicted on 18 counts of capital murder after his other wife was found dead in August 2015<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">A bigamist and one of his wives have been indicted on multiple counts of capital murder&comma; including the death of his other wife and unborn baby&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Christopher Matthew Henderson&comma; 42&comma; and Rhonda Jean Carlson&comma; 44&comma; were charged two years after his wife Kristen Henderson was found dead in New Market&comma; Alabama&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Found dead alongside Kristen on August 4&comma; 2015&comma; was her son Clayton Chambers&comma; eight&comma; her mother Carol Smallwood&comma; 67&comma; and her one-year-old nephew Eli Sokolowiski&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Henderson was indicted on 19 counts of capital murder and Carlson was indicted on 18 counts&comma;On July 28&comma; according to court records&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"container-36EYi vertical--v2Ug"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-230414" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;kristen-chambers-henderson-and-her-son-clayton-12&period;png" alt&equals;"Kristen Chambers Henderson and her son Clayton 1" width&equals;"738" height&equals;"572" &sol;><strong>Christopher Henderson and his other wife&comma; Rhonda Carlson have been accused of murdering Kristen Chambers Henderson and her son Clayton&comma; eight&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; Kristen&&num;8217&semi;s unborn child&comma; mother and nephew&period; <&sol;strong><strong>Kristen was nine months pregnant with Henderson&&num;8217&semi;s child <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Kristen was nine months pregnant with a girl she planned to name Loryn Brooke Smallwood&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police said Henderson and Carlson killed Kristen and her four family members before setting fire to Carol Smallwood&&num;8217&semi;s home&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Kristen was either shot to death or stabbed multiple times&comma; according to the indictments obtained by <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;al&period;com&sol;news&sol;huntsville&sol;index&period;ssf&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;bigamist&lowbar;murder&lowbar;madison&lowbar;county&period;html&num;incart&lowbar;river&lowbar;home" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">AL&period;com<&sol;a>&period; Clayton was stabbed to death and Carol Smallwood was shot to death using a &period;22-caliber gun&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-230401" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;christopher-matthew-henderson-and-kirsten-chambers-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Christopher Matthew Henderson and Kirsten Chambers 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"634" height&equals;"659" &sol;><strong>Kristen was killed just a week after she filed a protective order against Henderson&period; During the hearing exposed Christopher Henderson as a bigamist&comma; <&sol;strong><strong> married to Carlson  <&sol;strong><b>simultaneously<&sol;b><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-230419" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;christopher-matthew-henderson-and-kirsten-chambers-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Christopher Matthew Henderson and Kirsten Chambers 2" width&equals;"687" height&equals;"687" &sol;><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong>Kristen was nine months pregnant with a girl she planned to name Loryn Brooke Smallwood&period; Her husband Christopher Henderson appeared to be as happy anticipating the arrival of their baby<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Police said Henderson and Carlson killed Kristen and her four family members before setting fire to her mother Carol Smallwood&&num;8217&semi;s home<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Henderson and Carlson allegedly cut his unborn baby out of Kristen&&num;8217&semi;s womb before stabbing the girl multiple times&comma; court documents state&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sokolowiski was also stabbed&comma; but it was determined he died of asphyxia during the fire&comma; according to investigators&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Henderson and Carlson were both indicted on 18 counts of capital murder&period; Henderson received an additional charge for violating a protection order&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Kristen Smallwood Henderson was the second of Christopher Henderson&&num;8217&semi;s two wives&comma; the couple having married on Sept&period; 26&comma; 2014&period; They were in the midst of a divorce at the time of the slayings&period;  Kristen Henderson had learned her husband also was married to Carlson&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He had filed for divorce from Kristen on July 14 and Kristen filed a protection-from-abuse order&comma; claiming he had hit her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"moduleFull mol-video">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"item">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"vjs-flyout-wrapper-fixed">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"vjs-flyout-wrapper-absolute">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"v-4403802590001" class&equals;"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"vjs&lowbar;video&lowbar;3" class&equals;"video-js vjs-default-skin vjs-controls-enabled mol-empty-playlist vjs-visually-ready vjs-has-started vjs-paused vjs-user-inactive">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-230422" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;henderson-had-posted-a-picture-of-wife-kristens-ultrasound-on-february-9-which-his-wife-gave-the-thumbs-up-to-the-baby-girl-was-due-on-september-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Henderson had posted a picture of wife Kristen's ultrasound on February 9 - which his wife gave the thumbs up to&period; The baby girl was due on September 2" width&equals;"731" height&equals;"743" &sol;><strong>The two-timing spouse  had posted a picture of wife Kristen&&num;8217&semi;s ultrasound on February 9 &&num;8211&semi; which his wife gave the thumbs up to&period; The baby girl was due on September 2<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-230699" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;clayton-chambers-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Clayton Chambers 2&period;jpg" width&equals;"722" height&equals;"515" &sol;>Clayton Daniel Chambers&comma; 8&comma; was stabbed to death at his grandmother&&num;8217&semi;s home before the house was torched&period; His stepfather&comma; Christopher Matthew Henderson&comma; is charged with seven counts of capital murder in the mass murders&comma; which also killed Clayton&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; Kristen Chambers Henderson&semi; grandmother&comma; Carol Jean Smallwood&semi; unborn sister&comma; Loryn Brooke&semi; and 1-year-old cousin Eli Reed Sokolowski<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">Kristen had then petitioned the court to withdraw the divorce based on the fact that her husband was still married to his first wife and their marriage was thus not legal&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Kristen Henderson was also granted an order of protection based on her testimony that he had hit her&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;He has lied about everything since we met&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Kristen wrote in the filing&comma; according to <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;waff&period;com&sol;story&sol;29718018&sol;estranged-husband-previous-wife-arrested-in-deaths-of-family-members" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">WAFF<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She also petitioned the court to withdraw the divorce based on the fact that Henderson was still married to his first wife &&num;8211&semi; making their marriage illegal&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-230620" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;eli-sokolowiski-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;" Eli Sokolowiski 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"664" height&equals;"881" &sol;><strong>One-year-old Eli Sokolowiski&comma; Kristen Henderson&&num;8217&semi;s nephew&comma; <&sol;strong><strong>&lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was also killed in the mindless <&sol;strong><strong>massacre<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-230630" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;cousins-one-year-old-eli-sokolowiski-and-clayton-chambers-8-horsing-around&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Cousins one-year-old Eli Sokolowiski and Clayton Chambers&comma; 8&comma; horsing around &period;jpg" width&equals;"919" height&equals;"610" &sol;><strong>Cousins one-year-old Eli Sokolowiski and Clayton Chambers&comma; 8&comma; horsing around the home before Christopher Henderson and his wife Rhonda Carlson allegedly&comma; <&sol;strong><strong>killed them in their Alabama home<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Clayton was stabbed to death multiple times while Eli was also stabbed but ultimately died from asphyxia during the fire<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Henderson wed Kristen in September 2014 in Fayetteville&comma; Tennessee&period; He wed Carlson a year earlier in February 2013&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Authorities theorize that Henderson and Carlson went to Carol Smallwood&&num;8217&semi;s home&comma; where Kristen was living&comma; and murdered the family before setting it ablaze&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;When firefighters arrived at the scene&comma; relatives of Kristen showed them surveillance footage that showed Henderson and Carlson entering the home&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Carlson was wearing gloves in the footage and carrying a gas can&comma; according to investigator Eugene Nash Jr&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-230643" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;kristen-henderson-and-mother-carol-jean-smallwood-left&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Kristen Henderson and mother Carol Jean Smallwood &lbrack;left&rsqb; &period;jpg" width&equals;"634" height&equals;"638" &sol;><strong>Kristen&&num;8217&semi;s mother Carol Jean Smallwood&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb; was murdered alongside her daughter by the alleged killers who attempted to cover their tracks with arson<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-230640" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;kristens-mother-carol-jean-smallwood-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Kristen's mother Carol Jean Smallwood 2&period;jpg" width&equals;"724" height&equals;"581" &sol;><strong>67-year-old Carol Jean Smallwood was not spared&comma;neither was her home<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Authorities theorize that Henderson and Carlson went to Carol Smallwood&&num;8217&semi;s home&comma; where Kristen was living&comma; and murdered the family before setting it ablaze<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Both were caught on camera leaving the house before it began to go up in flames&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The family members had accessed the footage from their cellphones&period; Kristen had installed the camera just a week before after obtaining the protective order&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A backpack that Henderson had carried when he came home the day of the fire was found in his mother&&num;8217&semi;s home with a lock pick and duct tape inside&comma; Nash said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Investigators also found a &period;22-caliber rifle in Carlson&&num;8217&semi;s Jeep&comma; as well as ammunition&comma; a pistol&comma; and other evidence&comma; he testified&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Both Carlson and Henderson have been behind bars since they were arrested in August 2015&period; They are being held without bond&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-230703" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;kristens-mother-carol-jean-smallwoods-burnt-home-2-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Kristen's mother Carol Jean Smallwood's burnt home 2 2" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"639" &sol;><strong>When firefighters arrived at the scene&comma; relatives of Kristen showed them surveillance footage that showed Henderson and Carlson entering the home &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&period; The Surveillance cameras had just been installed a week earlier<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-230689" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;christopher-matthew-henderson-leaves-the-madison-county-courthouse-tuesday-sept-29-2015&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Christopher Matthew Henderson leaves the Madison County Courthouse Tuesday&comma; Sept&period; 29&comma; 2015&period;jpg" width&equals;"797" height&equals;"639" &sol;><strong>Christopher Matthew Henderson at the <&sol;strong><strong>the Madison County Courthouse Tuesday&comma; in Sept&comma; 2015<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-230697" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;rhonda-carlson-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Rhonda Carlson 2" width&equals;"827" height&equals;"590" &sol;> Rhonda Carlson awaits her preliminary hearing at the Madison County Courthouse in Sept&comma; 2015<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon">Christopher Matthew Henderson&comma; and wife Rhonda Jean Carlson&comma; both were caught on camera leaving the house before it began to go up in flames that day&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The video showed Christopher Henderson entering the home and also caught images of Carlson approaching the house while wearing gloves and carrying a gas can&period; They are later seen on the video leaving the home before smoke begins billowing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Investigators subsequently searched Henderson&&num;8217&semi;s mother&&num;8217&semi;s home&comma; where they found a backpack that Henderson&&num;8217&semi;s daughter told investigators he was carrying when he returned home the afternoon of the fire&period; In the backpack was a lock pick and duct tape&period;Investigators also found a black shirt Henderson was reportedly wearing that day&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In Carlson&&num;8217&semi;s Jeep Liberty&comma; which was also be seen in the surveillance footage&comma; investigators found a &period;22-caliber rifle&comma; a pistol&comma; ammunition and other evidence&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Henderson and Carlson each are charged with 18 counts of capital murder because the killings were committed during the a first-degree burglary&comma; first-degree arson&comma; killing two or more people and in the process of killing a children younger than 14&comma; the indictments state&period; Additionally&comma; Henderson is charged with a 19<sup>th<&sol;sup> count of capital murder because he violated a protection order when he killed his wife&comma; court documents allege&period; The couple both have been jailed since they initially were arrested in August 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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