GUILTY OK - Colleen Hufford, 54, decapitated, coworker injured, Moore, 24 Sept 2014

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Moore beheading trial: “I found him to be quite delusional”

http://kfor.com/2017/09/26/moore-beheading-trial-state-to-cross-examine-psychiatrist/

The second witness to testify in court Tuesday was Dr. Anita Jeanne Russell, a psychologist based in Tulsa. Dr. Russell, like McGarrahan, told the court Nolen was mentally ill and "insane" during the incident.

Russell met with Nolen in 2015 for an evaluation. She testified he cooperated but tried to dictate the conversation, adding he would not talk about his personal life.

"I found him to be quite delusional," she told the court Tuesday.

http://www.normantranscript.com/news/oklahoma/defense-calls-second-psychologist/article_d579587a-646a-53a0-8898-07591ff18259.html

A second psychologist called by Alton Nolen’s defense team testified Tuesday that it’s possible Nolen’s alleged mental illness started when he left home and had to fend for himself.

“Nolen had never been out on his own. He isolated himself. He wasn’t well liked and everything started to spin out of control,” Tulsa psychologist Anita Jeanne Russell said. “He progressively declined and he continues to get sicker.”

 

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Beheading suspect Alton Nolen found guilty on all counts, including first-degree murder

http://kfor.com/2017/09/29/beheading-suspect-alton-nolen-found-guilty-on-all-counts-including-1st-degree-murder/

NORMAN, Okla. - A jury of 12 has found a defendant on trial for a horrific workplace attack guilty of all charges, including first degree murder.
Alton Nolen was convicted Friday for beheading his coworker Colleen Hufford and stabbing another coworker Traci Johnson inside Vaughan Foods in September 2014.

 

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http://www.koco.com/article/jury-recommends-life-sentences-for-alton-nolen-s-assault-convictions/12768808

The punishment portion of the trial has taken place in three phases. The jury recommended three life sentences plus 55 and 75 years for the assault convictions.

The jury now will decide his fate for the murder conviction. First, the jury must determine if Nolen is intellectually disabled.

The jury has to unanimously say Nolen is intellectually disabled for the death penalty to be taken off the table. If they do not, then, in the final portion of the trial, the jury could put Nolen to death for beheading Colleen Hufford.

 

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http://www.news9.com/story/36583739/jury-recommends-death-penalty-for-alton-nolen

The jury has recommended the Death Penalty for Alton Nolen in the Vaughan Foods beheading trial.

Jurors reached their sentence recommendation after deliberating for about three hours.

The formal sentencing date is set for Dec. 15 at 9:30 a.m.in Judge Lori Walkley's courtroom.

http://newsok.com/jury-deliberating-punishment-for-beheading-at-moore-food-plant/article/5567770

"It feels like all of the emotions that you hold in for three years are finally able to break free," said Kelli Beranek, daughter of murder victim Colleen Hufford.

"Now ... we can all move on," she said. "We can all start remembering her as a person instead of her in this situation."

"Thank heavens it's over," Johnson, 46, of Oklahoma City, said after the verdict Thursday. "I don't have to worry about him anymore. I can rest in peace. Colleen can rest in peace."

"It was hard," jury foreman Brian M. said of the unanimous decision for a death sentence. "It just, it goes against some people's morals. And, you know, you got to, got to weigh everything out, talk it out, talk it over. As horrible as it was, yep.

"We had to work at it," the foreman told The Oklahoman. "That's all I'll say. We had to work at it."

 

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“May God have mercy on your soul,” Oklahoma man formally sentenced for beheading coworker

In court Friday morning, Judge Lori Walkley accepted the recommendation of the jury, sentencing Nolen to death by lethal injection for beheading Hufford.

"May God have mercy on your soul," Judge Walkley said after sentencing Nolen.

Hufford’s daughter Kelli Baranek told reporters afterwards, the family can finally move forward.

“I won’t lie. There were days it was really hard to sit there very quiet and understand it’s all part of the process, but I also knew this day would come and here we are,” said Baranek.

http://newsok.com/appeal-started-in-moore-beheading-case/article/5576220

Attorneys for murderer Alton Alexander Nolen began his appeal Friday after a judge ordered his execution for beheading a co-worker at a Moore food plant in 2014.

The judge scheduled his execution by lethal injection for Feb. 14 — Valentine's Day. She quickly noted, though, that the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals will stay his execution while he appeals.

District Attorney Greg Mashburn told reporters Friday that Nolen actually could be executed sooner than most murderers sent to death row.

"It could take significantly shorter because of his willingness not to pursue an appeal," the DA said.