Pamela Butler | |
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 Pamela Butler, pictured before her death in 1999 | |
| Born | Pamela Irene Butler March 13, 1989 Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | October 12, 1999 (aged 10) Grain Valley, Missouri, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Strangulation |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Student |
| Known for | Victim of a kidnap-murder case |
| Parent(s) | Unnamed father Cherri West (mother) |
| Family | Amanda West (stepsister) Penny Butler (sister) Casey Eaton (sister; deceased) |
Pamela Irene Butler (March 13, 1989 – October 12, 1999) was a ten-year-old American girl who was kidnapped, raped, and murdered by Keith Dwayne Nelson (November 23, 1974 – August 28, 2020) in October 1999. Nelson kidnapped Butler while she was rollerblading in front of her house in Kansas City, Kansas. He then took her to a forest in Grain Valley, Missouri, where he raped her before strangling her to death with a wire. Nelson pleaded guilty to the charges pertaining to the murder of Butler and he was sentenced to death by a federal jury in November 2001. Nelson was incarcerated for nearly 21 years before he was put to death by lethal injection on August 28, 2020, becoming the fifth person to be executed by the U.S. federal government after the resumption of federal executions in July 2020.[1]
- ^ "U.S. executes Keith Dwayne Nelson for 1999 rape, murder of Kansas girl". UPI. August 28, 2020.