A 39-year-old Birmingham man and a 29-year-old woman have been charged with capital murder in the high-profile disappearance and slaying of Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney.

Birmingham police detectives on Thursday presented their evidence against Patrick Devone Stallworth, and his girlfriend, Derick Irisha Brown, to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office.

District Attorney Danny Carr said warrants were issued against Stallworth and Brown for capital murder of a child under the age of 14. If convicted, both could face the death penalty. Both are held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail.

“Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the family as they grieve the loss of Kamille,” Carr said.

Carr thanked investigators and the community for their work in recovering Kamille’s body and bringing about the arrests. He declined to comment further.

Birmingham police continue to investigate, said Chief Patrick Smith.

“If appropriate, we will seek additional charges on both individuals involved,” Smith said. “We refuse to stop until prosecution is completely upheld and the light of day is limited to one hour for both.”

Alabama Death Row inmates are only allowed one hour a day in the prison yard, weather permitting.

Stallworth’s family: “We condemn acts of violence”

In their first public comments, the Stallworth family released this prepared statement:

"We are deeply saddened by the death of little Kamille McKinney. We offer our heartfelt prayers and sympathy to her family, but we know this is not enough. This precious child should have had a chance to enjoy life and pursue her dreams.

We can’t find enough words to express our grief, and we are distraught by the fact that a member of the Stallworth family is charged with this heinous act. Patrick Stallworth’s fate will be determined by a system of laws – a system that we revere and respect.

Patrick was reared in a family with strong values. The actions he is alleged to have done in no way reflect who we are as a family. We ask that our family not be judged by the actions of one individual. We abhor senseless violence, and even more so, we condemn acts of violence against defenseless children.

We will continue to pray for the McKinney family. For us this too is a tragedy."

Little is known about Stallworth.

He was taken into custody at his family’s home Midfield after Kamille’s body was recovered Tuesday night. He also lived for a time in the mid-2000s in Pensacola, but Florida records show no criminal history for him there.

In Alabama, he also has no significant prior criminal record. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge in Butler County in 2004. He was arrested again in 2013 on a felony marijuana possession charged but it was dismissed.

It wasn’t immediately clear how long he lived at Woodside Condominiums – where he was initially taken into custody on Oct. 13 – but management there said he had lived in one building until it burned in September and then moved to his current rental apartment which was padlocked after his arrest.

Stallworth was brought from the Birmingham City Jail, where he had been held on suicide watch since Tuesday, to the county jail shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday. He did not respond to questions from reporters.

Brown has been held at the county jail since she and Stallworth were taken into custody on Oct. 13. Authorities filed a motion to revoke her bond in a 2018 case in which Brown is accused of abducting her three children from DHR custody.

Adam Danneman, a public defender whose office represents Brown, previously said the woman “adamantly denies” knowing anything about the abduction and was "horrified” by the girl’s disappearance. Following news of Kamille’s death, he said he could not comment further.

Stallworth’s lawyer, Emory Anthony, prior to the discovery of the body, said his client had an alibi and was not involved in the abduction. Anthony declined to comment after the discovery and has requested to withdraw as Stallworth’s attorney.

Ten days of terror for Birmingham

Kamille’s body was recovered Oct. 22 in a Santek dumpster that had been parked near the Center Point apartment complex where Stallworth and Brown lived. The dumpster had been transported to a landfill near Warrior, where Birmingham police and FBI agents recovered Kamille’s body and pronounced her dead at 5:16 p.m.

The heart-wrenching discovery capped an exhaustive 10-day search for Kamille, who was abducted while at a birthday party in Birmingham on Oct. 12. The abduction happened about 8:30 p.m. at Tom Brown Village public housing community off Messer-Airport Highway.

Children attending the party said a man got out of an SUV and put Kamille in the vehicle.

Birmingham police spent the next day going door to door, handing out flyers with Kamille’s picture and released store surveillance photos from a nearby Shell station depicting a person of interest and the suspect vehicle – a Toyota Sequoia.

Just 24 hours after Kamille’s disappearance, residents at a Center Point condominium complex called 911 after finding the Toyota Sequoia parked outside. Stallworth and Brown were taken into custody as persons of interest. Stallworth was the man captured on store surveillance video, police said.

Two days later, Birmingham police charged Stallworth with seven crimes - possession of child pornography and possession with intent to distribute child pornography.

Patrick Stallworth was re-arrested during a search warrant at a home in Midfield on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Police blocked off the streets and raided the home.

The images were discovered on his phone during the investigation into the abduction. Authorities said there were no images of Kamille found on his phone. He was released from jail after posting $500,000 bond.

Only 10 percent of that bond - $50,000 - has to actually be posted and court records show six different people contributed to that effort.

AL.com reached several of those contributors and family members but they declined to comment. A motion filed in court Thursday shows those contributors no long want to back his bail on the child pornography charges.