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Joseph Nelson

Case from Newburgh, IN dated Feb 17, 2014

Victim Details

Joseph Nelson

Male

Newburgh

IN

2014-02-17

35

Joseph

Nelson

07/23/2026

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In a grim discovery on February 17, 2014, the body of 35-year-old Joseph Nelson from Martinsville, Indiana, was found at the Alcoa aluminum plant in Newburgh. The male victim's remains were located within the coal-handling system of the power plant, and the nature of his injuries immediately led authorities to suspect his death was not an accident. An investigation was launched, which would soon uncover a brutal story of abduction and murder.

The inquiry into Nelson's death quickly pointe ...
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  • The Indiana Lawyer: Supreme Court upholds LWOP for execution-style murder - The Indiana Lawyer
  • Foul Play Suspected in Death at Warrick County Plant - WOWO
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