Fresh DNA test solves decades-old Texas cold case ...Middle East

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ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — More than forty years after the murder of an Odessa woman, a 62-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for her death, according to an update from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Velma Nesset was murdered in 1982. The 64-year-old went missing on her walk to work at the Permian Mall, and her body was later discovered in a culvert. An autopsy revealed she had been sexually assaulted and murdered. An initial suspect was arrested and confessed to the crime, but a 1983 trial ended in acquittal due to insufficient evidence and a false confession. The case then went cold for nearly 40 years. In 2020, DPS identified Nesset’s case as eligi

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