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Texas Rangers solve 40-year-old cold case murder of Velma Nesset, suspect sentenced
AUSTIN - The Texas Rangers have announced the conclusion to a cold-case murder investigation that took 40 years to crack. On Wednesday, The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced that Billy Wayne Ludwigson,
40-year-old Cold Case of Velma Nesset’s murder solved
Billy Wayne Ludwigson, 62, was arrested, pled guilty to her murder, and was sentenced by an Ector County Jury on August 9, 2024 to 20 years in prison.
Fresh DNA test solves decades-old Texas cold case
A 62-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 1982 murder of Odessa woman Velma Nesset, after new DNA evidence linked him to the crime.
West Texas man sentenced to 20 years for decades-old cold case murder in Ector County
A man who pled guilty to a decades-old cold case murder in Ector County will spend the next 20 years behind bars.
Texas Rangers solve 40-year-old Ector County murder case
Billy Wayne Ludwigson will spend the next 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty to 64-year-old Velma Nesset's murder.
Texas Rangers solve 40-year-old Ector Co cold case murder, suspect pleads guilty
DNA testing led to a breakthrough in an Ector County cold case earlier this year; now, justice has been served more than four decades later, thanks to the hard work of the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Rangers.
Texas Rangers Solve Decades Old Murder Using DNA Technology
A man has been convicted for the assault and murder of an Odessa, Texas mall employee 42 years ago, thanks to DNA analysis.
Texas Woman Was Raped, Killed, and Left in a Culvert in 1982. A Man Confessed — But He Wasn't the Killer
A Texas man pleaded guilty last month to the 1982 cold case murder of a woman whose body was found partially naked in a ...
Fake confession left 1982 killing unsolved for years. Now, 62-year-old sentenced in Texas
The person initially accused of killing Nesset was acquitted in 1983 due to the false confession and a lack of evidence, ...
Man sentenced to 20 years in 1982 cold case killing of West Texas mall employee
A 62-year-old man was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection with a 1982 murder in Ector County, the Texas ...
Texas man pleads guilty to 40-year-old murder case
A 40-year-old murder case has been solved after a Texas man pled guilty last month and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, ...
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Louisiana prosecutors drop most serious charge in deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene
Louisiana prosecutors on Thursday dismissed the most serious remaining charge in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, ...