Timothy Madden pleas not guilty entered in case of Gabriella Doolin's death

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The parents of Gabriella Doolin, 7, who was found murdered and raped in Kentucky earlier this month at a football game, appeared in court Monday
Amy Doolin sobbed while her husband Brian tried to comfort her as the couple came face-to-face with accused killer Timothy Madden
Madden, a married father-of-five, pleaded not guilty to murder, kidnapping, first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy
He is a construction worker and reportedly sat near Gabriella and her family at the football game and was later found with her DNA on him
Madden claims that DNA got on him after he rubbed against a fence or trash can

By Associated Press and Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 19:55 EST, 23 November 2015 | Updated: 09:37 EST, 24 November 2015

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A former construction worker charged with kidnapping and killing a 7-year-old girl pleaded not guilty Monday in a court hearing pierced by the anguished sobs of the girl's mother.

Gabriella Doolin's mother, Amy Doolin, sobbed and held her hand over her mouth while her husband Brian tried to comfort her as a judge read the charges against Timothy Madden, 38, of Scottsville.

Allen County District Judge Martha Blair Harrison's voice appeared to shake with emotion as she read the counts: murder, kidnapping, first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy.

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Heartbreaking: Amy Doolin sobbed while her husband Brian (above) tried to comfort her as the couple came face-to-face with accused killer Timothy Madden in court Monday

Plea: Madden (above on Monday), a married father-of-five, pleaded not guilty to murder, kidnapping, first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy

Tragedy: Gabbi 9above) was found raped and murdered at a football game earlier this month

The Doolin family sat in the second row of the tense courtroom and Madden's family members sat near the back.

The families entered and left the courtroom at different times and neither family commented afterward according to Fox Nashville.

Madden wore an orange jail jumpsuit and was bound at the hands and feet. The father of five showed no emotion and quietly replied 'Yes, ma'am' when the judge asked if he understood his rights.

Madden is being held on $1million full cash bond. A preliminary hearing was set for Dec. 2.

Afterward, Madden's attorney, Travis Lock, told reporters: 'It is very early in this process for us to discuss what the evidence may or may not be in this case.

'Simply put, we do not know what the evidence is that the commonwealth believes they have.'

Madden, who was arrested Friday by Kentucky State Police, has proclaimed his innocence.

The child disappeared during a youth football game she was attending at Allen County-Scottsville High School on November 14 to cheer on her brother.

She was found dead less than a half-hour later in a creek.

Gabriella, who was called Gabbi, died of manual strangulation and drowning, according to the arrest warrant.

A visibly agitated Madden gave an interview (pictured) in his prison uniform in which he protested his innocence and said his arrest was a case of mistaken identity and as a result of 'small town gossip'. He went on to say that anyone who knew him would vouch for his decency

Difficult: Allen County District Judge Martha Blair Harrison's (above) voice appeared to shake with emotion as she read the counts

Family: In addition to raising five children, Madden is also helping his wife (above) who has suffered multiple strokes since August

Madden proclaimed his innocence in brief remarks to reporters Friday while being taken in handcuffs from a state police post to a squad car, and again in a jailhouse interview.

'I'm sorry for their loss,' he told WDRB. 'I feel sorry for them, but it wasn't me.'

The police citation in the case said Madden's DNA collected during the investigation matched that recovered from the child during the autopsy.

Madden's mother-in-law, Linda King, said Monday that Madden was shooting a video of the game and that as the father of five children ranging from 4 months to 20 years old, there is no way he could have hurt someone else's child.

Madden's seven-year-old daughter used to practice cheerleading with Gabriella.

'There's no way this man could have done this vicious whatever because he's not that kind of person,' King said.

'He loves his kids, he loves his family. He would do anything for anybody that asked him.

'Whoever done this is still out there. And if this community thinks they can rest easy, they can't. Because the monster that done that is still loose.'

King added that when Madden returned from the football game, 'he looked just like he did when he left.

'His clothes weren't messed up. They weren't wet.'

Police investigators took the clothes Madden had been wearing at the game and Madden's phone, King said.

State police Trooper B.J. Eaton on Monday declined to disclose what DNA evidence was collected. He said there were no other suspects in the case.

'The person that we've charged we feel is responsible,' he said.

Emotional: Gabriella Doolin's brother Alec, father Brian and mother Amy 9above), comfort each other during a vigil on November 15

Scene: A look at the field just 400 years from the football game where Gabbi was discovered

Madden went to school with Gabbi's father, said King, who described her son-in-law as a devoted family man who has cared for his wife since she suffered multiple strokes earlier this year.

Gabbi's father had harsh words about the suspect on his Facebook page last week, writing; 'This animal should not be walking and breathing.'

Gabriella's death and the arrest of a local resident stunned people in this south-central Kentucky town of 5,000 near the Tennessee state line.

'It's changed everybody's mindset,' Chris Carter, who has four children, said last week of Gabriella's killing.

Carter went away to college but returned to raise his family in the quiet community where he grew up.

'Those days are changed,' he said. "The real world has come here."

On the day of the child's funeral last week, residents lined the streets holding pink and blue balloons that they released as the hearse carrying her body drove by.

Pink ribbons and balloons are still on display, including on some mailboxes near the double-wide trailer where Madden has lived with his family a few miles outside of town.

According to his Facebook page, which has since been deleted, Madden works in construction and lives with his wife, Jodi King Madden, in Scottsville.

A GoFundMe campaign started by a friend claimed Jodi King Madden has a rare condition called Takayasu's arteritis, which causes arteries to become inflamed and blocked, and she has suffered three strokes since late August, resulting in her hospitalization.

The fundraising page stated Timothy Madden 'has not left her side since the very first stroke on the 21st [of August].'

In late April, Mrs King Madden shared an ultrasound photo on her Facebook page announcing she was 25 weeks pregnant with a baby boy.