George County MsArchives Obituaries.....Nelson, Sheriff J. E.  December 20, 1948
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Sheriff J. E. Nelson 
George County Sheriff's Office Mississippi
End of Watch: Monday, December 20, 1948

Incident Details: 
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Monday, December 20, 1948
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Executed in 1951

Sheriff J. E. Nelson was shot and killed as he responded to a domestic 
disturbance at a residence near Lucedale.

Sheriff Nelson went to the home of a local farmer with the farmer's 18 year-old 
daughter who told him that she ran for help when her father became violent and 
abusive with her mother. As Sheriff Nelson stepped out of his car, he was met 
with a shotgun blast from the father who was hiding behind a nearby fence. The 
suspect fled in the sheriff's car which was found ten miles away, wrecked, with 
the daughter's body inside. She had also been killed by a shotgun blast. Back 
at her home, deputies discovered the buck-shot riddled bodies of her mother and 
her two month old daughter.

The suspect, who was captured at his mother's home in Hurley on Christmas day, 
admitted that he had killed all four. He was convicted of Sheriff Nelson's 
murder and executed in the electric chair on Febuary 2, 1951.


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