Joshua Phillips has spent 25½ years behind bars for something that even he described as "horrible" and "unfathomable." At the age of 14, he beat and stabbed his 8-year-old neighbor Maddie Clifton to ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The murder of 8-year-old Maddie Clifton in November 1998 left Northeast Florida stunned. The then 14-year-old Joshua Phillips, Clifton’s neighbor, was convicted and sentenced to ...

UPDATE: Joshua Phillips was back in Duval County Court on Monday morning. His attorneys are asking the judge to review his life sentence. The judge agreed to a July 8 status hearing. A sentence review ...

Joshua Phillips, who killed his 8-year-old neighbor, Maddie Clifton, in November 1998, when he was 14 years old, was in court briefly Monday, where his attorney requested the judge push back a hearing ...

Joshua Phillips, who killed his 8-year-old neighbor, Maddie Clifton, in November 1998, was in court briefly Monday, where his attorney requested the judge push back a hearing on the sentencing review.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The family of Maddie Clifton, an 8-year-old whose murder shook the entire community in 1998, spoke up about an upcoming sentence review for her killer. Joshua Phillips, 41, ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville man who committed one of the city’s most notorious murders when he was 14 years old appeared in court Tuesday to begin the process of having his life sentence ...

The man convicted of killing Maddie Clifton was in court June 9 to start the process of scheduling a sentencing review. Joshua Phillips is serving life in prison for the murder of the 8-year-old more ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The man convicted of killing an 8-year-old Jacksonville girl over 25 years ago was back in court again Tuesday. Action News Jax has been following the murder of Maddie Clifton ...