Death Row Information

Offender Information

	Name	Nelson, Steven Lawayne
	TDCJ Number	999576
	Date of Birth	02/18/1987
	Date Received	10/16/2012
	Age (when Received)	25
	Education Level (Highest Grade Completed)	11
	Date of Offense	03/03/2011
	Age (at the time of Offense)	24
	County	Tarrant
	Race	Black
	Gender	Male
	Hair Color	Black
	Height	5'07"
	Weight	164
	Eye Color	Brown
	Native County	Pontatoz
	Native State	Oklahoma

Prior Occupation
Laborer

Prior Prison Record
#1440381 - State jail offense for Theft, discharged upon expiration of sentence on November 5, 2007.
#1550504 - State jail offense for Burglary of a Building, discharged upon expiration of sentence on April 16, 2010.

Summary of Incident
Subject and two codefendants entered the church to rob the victims of their personal items.  The pastor had been bound and suffocated with a plastic bag, additionally with blunt force trauma to his head, face, back, shoulder, arms and hands.  The female victim had massive head trauma but was alive.

Co-Defendants
Anthony Gregory Springs and Clifford Jefferson

Race and Gender of Victim
White male