Steven Lawne Nelson37, he was executed on Wednesday in Texas after being convicted of the murder of the Reverend Clint Dobson In 2011. This case, which shocked the Arlington community, had its outcome with the application of a lethal injection in Huntsville prison. As reported The Associated Press (AP)Nelson delivered some last words that left a lasting impression on the witnesses present.
The crime for which Nelson was convicted occurred in the church Northpointe Baptistwhere Reverend Dobson, 28, was brutally beaten, strangled and suffocated with a plastic bag. This act of violence marked a tragic episode in the local religious community.
During his time in prison, Nelson was also accused of the murder of another inmate, although he was never tried for this second case, AP explained.
In his final moments, Nelson went to his wife, Helena Noa Duboiswith whom he had married just two weeks before his execution. Through a window that separated them, Dubois held a white service dog while listening to her husband’s words. “It’s what it is,” Nelson said, according to AP, in an attempt to transmit resignation to his destiny.
Before receiving lethal injection, Nelson delivered a phrase that resonated among those present: “I am not afraid. I am at peace. Let’s ride, director. ” These words marked the closure of his life, while the drug Pentobarbital He began to travel his system. According to reports, Nelson moved his lips to form the word “love” on two occasions before experiencing short seizures. He was declared dead 24 minutes after the procedure began.
The murder of Reverendo Clint Dobson in 2011 was an act that shuddered the community of Arlington. Dobson, who was a shepherd in the church Northpointe Baptisthe was attacked brutally within the religious enclosure.
Nelson was arrested and subsequently convicted of this murder, facing a death sentence that culminated more than a decade later. During his time in prison, he was also accused of killing another inmate, although this case did not reach the courts.
The execution of Steven Lawayne Nelson represents the second carried out in USA so far from 2025. The first took place in South Carolina The previous Friday, when Marion Bowman Jr. He was executed by lethal injection for a murder committed in 2001.
Texas is scheduled for three more executions before ending April, according to AP. The first of them will take place February 13. Richard Lee Table He received his conviction after killing the director of a Striptease club and his friend more than 20 years ago.
The relatives of the victims did not give statements to the journalists, but they did issue a statement cited by AP. In it, they assured that, as a family, they took advantage of that day to focus on “the Great memories”They had Clint instead of spending time to their murderer.
“Steven Nelson changed our lives forever, but he has never occupied our minds … We miss Clint every day. We miss your laughadvice and love for us, ”said the loved ones of the murdered pastor.
“I hope that today, when Mr. Nelson gave his last sigh, he has been received by the same loving and kind Savior that has accompanied us in everything we have lived. Mr. Nelson, we forgive him and hope to see him when they call us home from here, ”he said Bradley Elliottwhose mother, Judy, survived the attack.
