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The Beatrice Six are Joseph White, Thomas Winslow, Ada JoAnn Taylor, Debra Shelden, James Dean and Kathy Gonzalez, who were falsely found guilty in 1989 of the 1985 rape and murder of Helen Wilson in Beatrice, Nebraska and served prison terms before being exonerated in 2009.
Feb 20, 2024 · HBO’s original six-part documentary series, Mind Over Murder, revisits the 1985 rape and murder of Helen Wilson, a beloved 68-year-old grandmother in the small town of Beatrice,...
- Joseph White
- Thomas Winslow
- Ada Joann Taylor
- Debra Shelden
- James Dean
- Kathy Gonzalez
After serving more than 18 years of a life prison sentence, White was released from prison in October 2008 and officially exonerated in early 2009. After long maintaining his innocence, he spearheaded a civil lawsuit that year, but he never personally saw the total award. In 2011, White died in a work-related construction accident in Alabama at 48 ...
Winslow, who pleaded no contest to second-degree murder, was sentenced to 50 years in prison. Following his release, he received $180,000 in compensation for his wrongful conviction, followed by another $7.3 million in the 2016 decision. “Part of the reason we pushed through the emotions was because of Joe White,” Winslow, who had been sexually ass...
Sentenced to 10 to 40 years for aiding and abetting second-degree murder, Taylor moved to a halfway house in Omaha after her release and struggled to convince herself that she had never met Wilson. After the civil trial awarded her $7.3 million, Taylor moved back to North Carolina. She claims her family, including her daughter Rachel, still viewed ...
In exchange for testifying against White, Shelden, Wilson’s great-niece, received a 10-year sentence and was released after serving about four and a half years. Even after her release, she continued to believe she was involved in the murder. “I still think that I was guilty because I was there,” she said in 2008, per the Lincoln Journal Star. Regar...
Also agreeing to testify against White, Dean received a 10-year prison sentence, of which he served about five years. After receiving $300,000 for his wrongful conviction, he also attended the later civil trial with his fiancée, Lydia Buckley. The jury ultimately awarded him about $2 million, and he later apologized to Whitefor lying on the witness...
Following her guilty plea to aiding and abetting second-degree murder, Gonzalez was sentenced to 10 years in prison and released after about five years. Once she served her time, she reportedly moved to York, Nebraska, where she worked as a grocery store cashier. For her part, Gonzalez received $350,000, followed by just over $2 million from the ci...
Jun 18, 2022 · Investigation Discovery’s ‘The Beatrice Six’ looks into the decades-long saga of Helen Wilson’s murder in Beatrice, Nebraska. She was found dead in her apartment in February 1985, but initially, the case went cold.
Jun 20, 2022 · Mind Over Murder is the latest true-crime documentary on HBO Max you do not want to miss. Airing every Monday at 10 p.m. EDT from July 20, the six-part series explores the case of the...
- Molli Mitchell
Mar 16, 2021 · The story, which rocked the small town of Beatrice, Nebr., focuses on the gruesome 1985 murder of then-68-year-old Helen Wilson. Six individuals were arrested in connection with the killing, and what transpired over the years following shook up the core of the small town.
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Mind Over Murder is a 2022 American documentary television miniseries revolving around the Beatrice Six, directed by Nanfu Wang. It consists of 6 episodes and premiered on June 20, 2022, on HBO.
