The United States Supreme Court this week declined to take John Lotter's death penalty appeal, potentially putting him a step closer to being executed for the triple murder that inspired the 1999 movie "Boys Don't Cry."
The inmates on Nebraska’s death row and their crimes
Jorge Galindo
JORGE GALINDO
Crime: The 2002 Norfolk bank robbery; he shot and killed Lola Elwood, a bank employee.
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Erick F. Vela
ERICK F. VELA
Crime: 2002 Norfolk bank robbery; he shot and killed Lisa Bryant, a bank employee.
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Jeffrey Hessler
JEFFREY HESSLER
Crime: kidnapping, raping and murdering Heather Guerrero, a 15-year-old Gering newspaper carrier, in 2003.
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John L. Lotter
JOHN L. LOTTER
Crime: 1993 murders of Teena Brandon, 21, Lisa Lambert, 24, and Phillip DeVine, 22, in a farmhouse near Humboldt; the story of the transgender Brandon was fictionalized in the film “Boys Don’t Cry.”
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Roy L. Ellis
ROY L. ELLIS
Crime: the 2005 abduction and bludgeoning death of 12-year-old Amber Harris of Omaha.
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Marco E. Torres Jr.
MARCO E. TORRES JR.
Crime: the 2007 execution-style shooting deaths of two Grand Island men, Timothy Donohue and Edward Hall.
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Anthony Garcia
ANTHONY GARCIA
Crime: 2008 murders of 11-year-old Thomas Hunter and 57-year-old Shirlee Sherman, and 2013 murders of 65-year-old Dr. Roger Brumback and 65-year-old Mary Brumback.
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Nikko Jenkins
NIKKO JENKINS
Crime: four murders during a 2013 killing spree in Omaha.
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Patrick Schroeder
Patrick Schroeder
Crime: the 2017 strangling death of his cellmate, Terry Berry, a 22-year-old inmate who was about to be released from the Tecumseh State Prison.
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Aubrey Trail
Aubrey Trail
Crime: the 2017 abduction and slaying of Lincoln store clerk Sydney Loofe.
