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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- When I learned Paul Pinkham of our news partner the Florida Times Union had an exclusive interview with Maddie Clifton's killer, Josh Phillips, I knew I wanted to speak with him.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- To mark the 10-year anniversary of Maddie Clifton's death, friends visited her gravesite Monday.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The teen convicted of killing Maddie Clifton is talking behind bars.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The sister of murder victim Maddie Clifton tells First Coast News anchor Donna Deegan the killing of her brother took time to sink in.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Maddie Clifton's murder made international headlines. Where were you when you found out? Leave your memories of Maddie inside.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The story of Maddie Clifton impacted those covering the case. Read their stories inside.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The mother of the boy who murdered 8-year old Maddie Clifton 10 years ago is still coping with the tragedy.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The sound of the water. The wind through the grass. It's far from the place that brought Sheila Clifton so much pain.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Joshua Phillips, the teen convicted of killing his young neighbor Maddie Clifton, wants a new trial.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Two years after Maddie's murder, neighbors went door to door to Light up Jacksonville.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Maddie Clifton's grave continues to draw visitors, one year after her murder.

BARTOW, FL -- A jury convicts Josh Phillips of the first-degree murder of his neighbor, Maddie Clifton.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The trial of Joshua Phillips began in Bartow, hundreds of miles away from here a city searched for Maddie Clifton.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Eight months after the murder of Maddie Clifton, the numbness remained in her old neighborhood.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A judge moved the murder trial of Joshua Phillips to a tiny town in central Florida due to pre-trial publicity.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Relief in the courtroom as family members learned a reported confession by Joshua Phillips will be heard at his trial.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Hundreds lined the streets of Jacksonville to say a final farewell to Jacksonville's Little Angel, Maddie Clifton.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A young Joshua Phillips, wearing an orange jump suit and shackles, appeared before a judge to face charges in the murder of Maddie Clifton.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Sheriff Nat Glover went through the gruesome details of how Maddie Clifton died in her neighbor's home.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- 14-year-old Joshua Phillips helped his neighbors search for young Maddie Clifton.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Neighbors, family and strangers who had spent hours searching for Maddie Clifton, went numb when police broke the tragic news.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The announcement brought Jacksonville Sheriff Nat Glover to tears.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Maddie Clifton, an eight-year-old girl from Jacksonville, disappeared from her home on the Southside on November 3, 1998.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The tragic story of Maddie Clifton began on election night in November of 1998.