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Feb 20, 2024 · Helen Wilson was a 68-year-old grandmother who was raped and murdered in Beatrice, Nebraska, in 1985. HBO's Mind Over Murder reveals how Bruce Allen Smith, one of the original suspects, was exonerated by DNA evidence in 2009, while the "Beatrice Six" were wrongly convicted and imprisoned for decades.
Jul 1, 2022 · Helen Wilson was a beloved grandmother who was raped and murdered in her Beatrice, Nebraska apartment in 1985. A group of six people, known as the "Beatrice Six," were wrongfully convicted and later exonerated for the crime, which is explored in the new HBO series "Mind Over Murder".
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.
- How Did Helen Wilson Die?
- Who Killed Helen Wilson?
- How Did Bruce Allen Smith Die?
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Helen was a widow who lived in an apartment in the small town of Beatrice, Nebraska. She lost her husband early and raised her three children in the same town. Helen adored her 7 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren too, and always looked forward to making new memories with them. While she lived alone, her family checked in on her often. On Febr...
The police realized that the attacker broke into the house, but robbery was ruled out as a motive since nothing of value was missing. Blood and semen samples were collected from the scene, but given that it was the 1980s, testing was still very limited. Furthermore, just 2 years before the incident, there were attacks on three elderly women, which ...
The original tests that were performed on Bruce’s blood turned out to be wrong. The analyst at the Oklahoma lab where the tests were performed was later accused of falsifying evidence. Bruce also had a criminal past. He was arrestedfor rape in 1981, but there is no information regarding his conviction. He was also convicted of burglary and served t...
Helen Wilson was a 68-year-old grandmother who was sexually assaulted and suffocated in her apartment in 1985. Bruce Allen Smith was the real killer, but he was wrongly exonerated by faulty DNA tests and died of AIDS in 1992.
Jun 12, 2017 · A few months after Taylor returned to Beatrice, Helen Wilson, who lived alone on the first floor, was raped and suffocated. The police found Type B blood from the intruder on Wilson’s mattress...
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Jun 27, 2021 · Helen Wilson was raped and killed in her apartment in 1985, and six people were wrongly convicted and imprisoned for the crime. The true killer was Bruce Allen Smith, who was identified by DNA evidence and died of aids in 1992.
Jun 20, 2022 · On Feb. 5, 1985, 68-year-old grandmother Helen Wilson was brutally raped and murdered in her one-bedroom apartment in Beatrice, Nebraska. Her death destroyed her family—grandson Shane...
