BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) – A convicted child molester and his parents pleaded not guilty Friday to charges they kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered a 6-year-old boy whose body was found wrapped in a trash bag and dumped by the road.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for 32-year-old George David Edenfield and his parents, David and Peggy Edenfield, for the March 8 slaying.

Investigators say Christopher Michael Barrios was sexually assaulted and strangled in the Edenfields’ trailer across the street from his grandmother’s home.

The boy had been missing for a week when police discovered his body March 15 about three miles from his trailer-park home just outside Brunswick, a port city 60 miles south of Savannah.

Attorneys for each of the three suspects entered their pleas in Glynn County Superior Court. Brought into the courtroom one at a time, none of the suspects spoke or showed much emotion.

Authorities say George Edenfield told investigators he choked Christopher with his bare hands. The indictment accuses Edenfield and his 58-year-old father of molesting the boy while Peggy Edenfield, 57, watched.

The boy’s grandmother, Sue Rodriguez, said she came to court carrying one of Christopher’s baby teeth in her pocket.

“It’s tough to watch people who’re supposed to be a mother and father and know what they’ve done,” she said. “I wanted to go up and whup their behind.”

Mike Barrios, the boy’s father, said it was difficult the three suspects “because they just sit there like nothing’s bothering them.”