The trial of Mona Nelson, who was
accused of killing the 12 year-old son of her roommate on Christmas Eve
afternoon 2010, when the boy wouldn’t let her in the apartment, came to a
close. The prosecutor, in her closing argument,
stated, "Mona Nelson got drunk and when she gets drunk, she gets
mean," prosecutor Connie
Spence said in closing arguments. "We'll never know how she killed
him. The mind reels at the possibilities." (Full Story)
Nelson's attorney countered that there
was no forensic evidence tying Nelson to the disappearance or death of Jonathan
Foster, and someone else may have been involved.
The prosecutor argued that Nelson, a
former boxer who worked as a welder, got to the apartment without a key and
wanted in. The boy had been ordered by his
mother not to let anyone in. Allegedly, Nelson got in, killed the boy, and cut
him up with welding tools. The boy’s body was found cut up and charred in a
culvert in North Houston. Surveillance video showed someone in Nelson’s truck
dumping the body. Nelson claimed that she was riding with the boy’s estranged
stepfather, who asked her to get rid of a full trash can. Police cleared the
stepfather with other surveillance video of him drinking at a bar during the
hours the boy disappeared.
Nelson’s been found guilty. The prosecution didn’t seek the death
penalty, so she’ll face life in prison. You murder a child, you should get worse.
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