Posted on 08/22/2013 8:19:41 PM PDT by Sheapdog
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- More than two years after the burned body of 12-year-old Jonathan Foster was found, the woman accused of killing him is finally on trial. But the one main question in the case may never be answered.
It was a gruesome discovery -- the badly burned body of a 12-year-old boy was found in a ditch in northeast Houston. The woman accused of killing Jonathan Foster is finally on trial for his murder. It's a judge, not a jury, who will decide Mona Nelson's fate.
The state gave no motive in the opening statements. And while none is necessary in trial, it still leaves the mystery of Jonathan's death unanswered.
When Jonathan turned 12, his wish was to go live with his mother and her new husband. A month after coming to Houston in 2010, he was kidnapped, murdered and his burned body dumped in a ditch. The prosecution says it was Mona Nelson who killed him on Christmas Eve.
"We have the defendant taking Jonathan, and between 2:15 and 6:08, she killed him," asserted prosecutor Connie Spence.
Nelson conceded in the past that she dumped the contents of a garbage can from her truck into a drainage ditch, but she says she did it at the request of the Jonathan's stepfather. Inside was the body of the boy, wrapped in carpet. Nelson is pleading not guilty to the capital murder charge.
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This is a strange story. The Judge just threw out some evidence that favored the prosecution. One would think this case would get some national exposure. Not. That 12 year old boy really suffered. Horrible story.
Any facebook posting or tweet that basically explains why something was done is usually thrown out these days, why?
Doesn’t the perp belong to a couple of protected classes?
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2013/08/15/day-2-mona-nelson-trial-the-blowtorch-killer/
some more info.
Looks like the judge is throwing out the lineup evidence on the woman for some reason.
I don’t understand why she isn’t up for the death penalty!
I say convict her and then take her straight out of the court room and hang her from the nearest tree.
Wonder what the victim's burn injuries were? I have an idea but the msm isn't saying for a reason.
He was burned with a blowtorch. So badly that his remains looked like those of a much younger child a foot shorter. Unknown whether burned alive or post mortem.
They can’t possibly admit the motive.
From what I read, the poor child was burned to death with a welding torch by this murderous subhuman. Sorry, “allegedly.”
Pure evil needs no motive.
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