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In the pre-dawn hours of November 10, 1978, a horrific scene unfolded in the rural Rosa community of Blount County, Alabama, forever altering the lives of the Nelson family. Carl Nelson and his wife, Willene, were brutally murdered in their own home during a robbery. The couple was shot and stabbed to death, their lives cut short in a violent home invasion.

The assailants, Aaron Lee Jones and Arthur Lee Giles, showed no mercy as they moved through the house. In addition to killing the cou ...Read More
Victim Details

Carl Nelson

Male

Blount

AL

1978-11-10

61

Carl

Nelson

Yes

03/15/2026