Exclusive: Amid a crisis of missing and murdered Native American people, the case of Mavis Kindness Nelson’s murder resulted in a remarkable outcome: the arrest of a suspect and a guilty plea.
"I didn't think I was going to be heard then," Ernestine Morning Owl, Nelson’s older sister, said this week."I thought we were going to be alone in all of this."
"I used to think she was so beautiful. But not just beautiful, but so kind and sweet," said Roxanne White, Nelson's friend and founder of a grassroots group in Washington state that advocates on behalf of missing and murdered Indigenous people."She left a lasting impression with a lot of people."According to charging documents, Seattle police responded to a 911 call and found three trash bags strewn about a ravine and trail below an elevated roadway.
Seattle police later obtained a search warrant of Nelson's home and found empty beer cans, which were examined for fingerprints, according to the charging documents. of his 4-month-old son, who was found asphyxiated in the family's apartment after choking on a plastic garment bag, according to Whitman County prosecutors.
Becker said he knew Nelson and claimed they had a consensual sexual relationship, and admitted to having been with her on the night she died, according to the charging documents. Morning Owl believes her sister was friendly with Becker and on the night of the domestic violence incident, she may have reached out to him for support.
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