18-year-old Joshua Nelson and his friend 16-year old Keith Brennan brutally beat and murdered their friend Tommy Owens. Nelson told police he killed him so they could steal his car and escape their hometown. Eventually, it was revealed that Nelson had been sexually abused by his step-father, and he was forced out of his family's home on the day of Owens's murder. Additionally, the defence speculated that Owens had sexually assaulted Brennan's then girlfriend. Brennan managed to avoid the death penalty because of his age, but Owens is still on death row 20 years later.