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Nobles receives death sentence for murdersBy CHRIS TRAMPEDaffy Texan StaffAfter deliberating tor tour hour Thursday, a Iravis C ounty iurv sentenced a 26-vear-old Austin man to death tor killing two North Austinwomenlonathan Wayne Nobles who now goes to death row in Huntsville had a lot of faith and wanted to g«. on said Allan VN llhams Nobles defense attorneyNobler wa*' convicted Monday in the stabbing deaths of Kellv Farquhar 24 and Mitzi Johnson Nalies 2! The two were attacked Sept 13,1986,m their home at ^913 sunshine DnveV\ilhams alM said Nobles did not blame the lurors tor their divisionHe wanted to communicate to the iurv that he had no ill will Williams saidNobles wept openly as Travis County corrections officers escorted him from the courtroom His girlfnend, Anna Vallejo 31, also of Austin, ran from the courtroom in tears after sav ing her feelings for Nobles were unchanged by the verdictT love him said Vallejo, who attended most of the 10-dav trial_ JThe victims' families, who attended the tnal every day, said thev were satisfied with the sen-w * *fenceHopefully we have put Mitzi to rest said Paula Kurland, Nallev s motherI feel very sad about the sentence, KurlandWsaid Death is terrible in anv manner✓Bob Farquhar Kelly s brother, said if Nobles had been given life impnsonment he might have gotten out and another family might have had to go through the terror and the horrorNobles will be executed by lethal injection in six vears it his case is not overturned, said Steve Bnttain a defense attorney The case automati-*rcallv goes to the Texas Court of Cnminal AppealsTo give Nobles the death penalty the jury hadto unanimously decide that he intentionally- -committed the murders and that he would commit violent crimes again if allowed to live.After the verdict was delivered, jury foreman Russell Helge '•aid no juror wanted Nobles killed, but the question they had to answer was whether he would be a threat to societyWe did what we had to do, Helge said. We felt he was a very dangerous personHelge said pictures showing the violence of the crime played a major part the decisionThose pictures were some terrible stuff,' he said. Those people were butchered. '
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Austin Daily Texan
Austin, Texas, US
Fri, Oct 16, 1987
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