Ep. 282 — The Murder of Mel Kernena Cotton

31-year-old Mel Cotton helped her friend escape a violent relationship. About two weeks later, her sister arrived to babysit Mel’s son to find the boy injured and Mel dead. Her murder was an escalation that anyone could see coming, and her attacker shouldn’t have been free to kill her.   

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Episode Source List:
https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/2011/ap-76-345.html 

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23-6139.html 

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/tx-court-of-appeals/1104863.html 

https://tcadp.org/2010/03/12/travis-county-sentences-man-to-death/

https://www.txcourts.gov/All_Archived_Documents/JudicialInformation/oca/pdf/jchgs/Travis031010JChg.pdf 

https://abc7chicago.com/archive/7341178/

https://archive.gosanangelo.com/news/one-final-outburst-former-abilenian-to-die-for-murder-ep-440943875-357343071.html 

https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/gobertmilton.html 

https://www.owensandbrumley.com/obituary/5042637 

https://www.safeaustin.org/the-violent-reality-of-strangulation/ 

“Blind Rage.” The Mind of a Murderer. Season Two, Episode 3. 24 October 2016.