My Daughter's Killer | Full Episode | Forensic Files

48 hours we take you there 12 years ago these two young women were brutally murdered these girls were
asleep in their beds minding their own business one of them was Paula's daughter when mity was murdered I just
died can you imagine that your last thought in this world being of somebody stabbing you the killer was caught not
need doubt in my mind he' have killed somebody else if we hadn't a call and he was sentenced to death his name is John
Wayne Nobles but that's not enough for Paula she's been fighting to confront the killer ever since we've been
imprisoned for 12 years and it's time for us to be free Bill Latuda reports your family doesn't necessarily think
this is a good idea they think I'm crazy why in the hell would I want to see him
in person now he's about to be executed there are some things that I want him to
take with him that only I can give him I'm going to wear her picture right here on my chest and they are about to meet
face to face a remarkable confrontation my daughter's [Music] killer it is one of the most
gut-wrenching confrontations you can imagine the mother of a girl girl who was murdered finally getting her wish
coming face to face with her daughter's killer you're about to see and hear a remarkable confrontation so rare So raw
you may have to ask yourself why would she do it the answer is not easy it has to do with healing and with loss and
with desperate efforts to get past the pain this is a story of memories and of persistence and courage too it's about
taking a chance that few of us would take then again this is a confrontation that none of us would ever want to go
through surely none of us should ever have to here's Bill Latuda she was very beautiful she had
the biggest brownest eyes and her heart was so good this was the first newspaper
article this was the crucifix from her casket in a handmade Cedar Chest in her Houston Texas home this was her little
gawy stage Paula kland keeps her memories of her daughter Mitzy under lock and key I'm just extremely
protective of the contents well you can see how old the papers are the first time I've gone through them in 10 years
on most days even opening the chest is just too painful when MIT was murdered I just
died but today Paula has to look for one favorite photograph I'm going to wear her picture
right here on my chest that she'll wear to one remarkable meeting the last pictures he saw of her
was her laying on the floor with 28 stab wounds that's the reason we're here in just a few days Paula Kurland will
finally meet the man who murdered her daughter face to face I can't bring mity back but I can make her memory a lot
more pleasant than it is now will this do that that's what I'm working for what could he possibly say to you that would
make you feel any better I don't think that he can say anything that would make me feel
better but I can say some things that'll make me feel better things she's been waiting to say ever since that terrible
night in 1986 the night of mit's 21st birthday Mitsy came home late to the house she shared in Austin Texas with
her roommate Kelly farquar these girls were asleep in their beds minding their own business mity had been out
celebrating her birthday Carla Connelly was an Austin prosecutor it was very very brutal she says the horror began
when an intruder broke in he jumped the fence of mity and Kelly's home went into
the house through a back door when the girls started screaming the Intruder started
stabbing first Kelly he slid her throat ear to ear almost decapitating her he killed Kelly then mity mity was huddled
in the corner of a closet with her body covered and stab ones mity was stabbed 28 times she died
a horrible death of frightening death can you imagine that your last thought in this world being of somebody stabbing
you with the girl's dad the killer might have gotten away but that night there was someone
else in the house okay you can thr The Rock when we get to the water these days Ron Ross
lives with his wife and two kids just a few miles from the murder scene oh but back in 1986 Ron was mit's new
boyfriend she was a beautiful woman she always had a smile on her face he'd been
celebrating her birthday and had fallen asleep at her house she came back screaming my name into the room and it
was Pitch Black and uh I reached up to turn on the light Ron bolted out of bed and fought for his life our fight was
hand to hand face to face the whole time so Ron was stabbed 19 times before the killer turned and ran Ron made it
outside and collapsed a neighbor called the police the crime here was brutal and
frightening there was no motive and no suspect the police though did have one significant lead as he fought for his
life Ron Ross had managed to turn the murderer's own knife against him cutting him in the arm now whoever he was
wherever he was the cops knew the killer would be hurt and looking for help he drips blood onto the carpet out the
walkway and all the way out the backyard onto the fence and onto the leaves police followed that blood trail
canvased the neighborhood and found two witnesses who said a friend of theirs had just come by asking for bandages I
got a call from Ronnie's father Bale said baby they got the bastard and I said you're kidding he said no and he
said his name is John Wayne Nobles Jonathan Wayne Nobles a 25-year-old con with a history of petty crime and mental
illness he'd been abusing drugs since he was 10 years old detective Dusty hcue made the arrest
not doubt in my mind he'd have killed somebody else if we hadn't C him he was there when Nobles gave this chilling
confession was she screaming I believe so did you start to stab her yes I did stab could you feel the knife going into
her body I Rec call that sensation he just never never showed any remorse I mean it was kind of like he
smiled all the way through the whole time in his confession Nobles never said why he committed the
crimes later he blamed the drugs he had a terrible terrible past mental illness not any of us have had a wonderful
perfect past and his abusive childhood but we didn't kill someone he did nobles off for the same reasons at his trial a
year later but the jury didn't buy it the trial lasted more than a month and when it was over it took the jury of
eight women and four men less than three hours to reach its decision the verdict
guilty the sentence death then before he was led away to death row Jonathan Nobles did something
nobody expected he spoke to Paula Kurland his exact words to me were I'm really very sorry and if I could give my life
right now to bring hers back I would and I said that just isn't [Music] [Applause]
enough more than a decade later it still isn't enough but now Paula says there is one
thing that that might finally bring her peace of mind I sat in a courtroom with him for 13 months before he went to
death row and I've been trying to see him ever since that's right amazing as it sounds ever since the
trial Paula Kurland has wanted to go to death row he's sentenced to prison but so are
we look her daughter's killer in the eye we've been imprisoned for 12 years and it's time for us to be free and tell him
exactly what he's done to her it's going to help me close a chapter and hopefully
get on with my life but year after year Nobles refused to meet with Paula until now 12 years since the
murders less than 2 weeks before his execution Jonathan Nobles is finally ready to talk got 13 and he will
when 48 Hours [Music] [Music] continues in loving memory mzy an ny on the 12th anniversary of her daughter's
murder we should be celebrating your 33rd birthday instead of mourning the anniversary of your death Paula Kurland
is placed ing a memorial notice in the newspaper none of us could ever express how much we still love and miss you just
like she does every year but this year will be different for us we will at long last see Justice done for your death and
this year will be different soon Paulo will finally meet Jonathan Wayne Nobles the man who
murdered her daughter and two weeks after that he'll be executed why put yourself through this
if he's going to die anyway because there are some things that I want him to take with
him that only I can give him she's been trying to do that for more than a decade
I don't know what I'm but PA Paula's requests to meet Nobles in prison were always denied it's been 12 years and
it's time until she discovered a little known State program with a very long name victim offender mediation dialogue
um our our purpose the people who run it shot these videos of the program at work
this is real hard for me victims who want to get on with their lives God knows I felt angry like I've never felt
in my life meeting the criminals who devastated their lives it's really important to me that I know about those
last uh the last things he said and why would anyone want to do this well each meeting happens only if both sides agree
to it and then only after months of preparation with a trained mediator David derler with victim services and
like psychologists David derler this is not fun in games I mean this is this is real life it's the opportunity to see
people at their very worst and at their very best derfler started the program he's the one who finally convinced
Nobles to meet with Paula hey Jonathan today Jonathan Nobles Now 37 might not look or sound much like a killer I have
to be accountable myself saying Jonathan you're guilty okay Jonathan you did this
Jonathan you were wrong Jonathan it was a monstrous act like many convicted murderers he says he's found religion in
prison and now before he dies he says he wants to do a little good by bringing Paula some peace that's one of those
moral and spiritual obligations he's been working with David derfler for months go to the heart not facing that
pain is far worse than than anything else derfler is helping Nobles figure out what to say when he has to look
Paula in the eye I made a mistake I can't go back and change the past a mistake I mean I mean I make a
mistake by leaving something at home I mean that a mistake by allowing myself to get so far out of control
that murder became possible if the prisoner isn't remorseful isn't there a chance that this process could actually
do more harm to the victims absolutely but the fact is that one of the requirements for them to participate in
this process is to admit guilt and take responsibility but when the time comes will Nobles really take responsibility
will he show remorse or will he try to destroy Paula kerland again he was manipulative then and I I think he's
manipulative today Carla Connelly the prosecutor who put him behind bars has her doubts about his sincerity perhaps
the man is being sincere perhaps I'm just being cynical but I question his motives and she's not the only one I
don't want to get to know him in anyway I don't see why anybody would I wouldn't
even give him the satisfaction to let him know I think about him your family doesn't necessarily think this is a good
idea they think I'm crazy thought she was crazy I told her I thought she was crazy told me I was stupid and crazy
Paula's own family has never understood why she ever wanted to meet Nobles he's not honest Killers can't be honest her
sister Brenda he didn't just kill mity he killed every he killed everybody that that we loved you know her son Joe I've
never seen him in person why in the hell would I want to see him in person can you understand that probably most people
wouldn't want to sit in the same room with someone who killed their child not everyone feels the need to do what I'm
doing but I think everyone should at least be open to it by all accounts this man is a manipulative guy and exactly
can use words and say things and try and convince people of things that may or may not be true that's are you prepared
for this guy he can say anything he wants to say it's not going to change what I feel at least that's what she
thought until Nobles has been on Texas death row for the past 12 here Noble says something in a local TV interview
that changes everything and could jeopardize the meeting the organ donation that's about love and respect
it's not about anything for Jonathan Noble says he wants to become the first death row inmate in Texas history to
donate his organs I think it's my responsibility to do what I can through today that which I
believe is God's will but lethal injection leaves organs unusable Nobles would need surgery in a hospital before
his execution we don't let death row inmates out end of story prison officials won't let it happen but Nobles
wants to challenge that in court if there's anything of him walking around on the face of this Earth this
will never be closed for me Paula thinks it's just a stunt to get a stay of execution now she's Furious he he can
sit there and and tell me how remorseful he is till hell Freez is over this proves to me that he isn't
remorseful and and he's not making us his victims any longer so here's the problem before
Nobles and Paula can actually sit down together the mediator David derfler must give his okay if he thinks this meeting
might just dissolve into a shouting match he'll call the whole thing off and right now he's
worried my baby is gone and he sits there and talks about wanting to do good I an awesome responsibility at
times because ultimately someone has to make the decision of whether or not it's
safe enough for these people to get together the Oregon donation is not an issue I think that it's a wonderful
beautiful thing just not death row inmate okay but but that makes it an issue derfer doesn't expect Paula to
ever agree with Nobles just to agree to disagree so the meeting can happen this is non-negotiable he meets with Nobles
again and asks him to write a letter laying out his case for organ donation maybe it will convince Paula I feel very
uncomfortable asking for belief or trust from you but please reserve any judgments as to my motivation until I
can stand before you face to face and you able to test these things for yourself I mean it it's absolutely
unfathomable to me that he could have so much Gall and he says I'm sorry for what I've
done and and I just want to bring some brightness in this life [ __ ] Paula is angry but derfler
decides she's not too angry the past cannot be changed what do you do now the meeting will go ahead as planned the
mediation will take place back in the the visitation area this is it huh I don't want to go
in there and scream and rant and Rave and carry on likeing idiot may the Lord bless you may the
Lord keep you transation I mean who knows how it's really going to go part of Christ are we
ready once I get started talking I'm sure that a lot of things that I've suppressed for a lot of years
will come out it's bottled in there and I'm ready to let the cork off face to face one
onone when 48 Hours [Music] [Music] continues its official name is Ellis unit one the place is is horrible I mean
even worse than that but here in in Texas it's better known as death row the end of the line for more than 400
hardened violent criminals it isn't going to be easy it's the last place in the world you'd want to visit I'm
nervous which makes what is about to happen this day but I'll be okay even more amazing Jonathan is going to see
what he took thanks he's going to see mity just say a prayer okay he's going to see that she was real all I can do is
pray that God just lifts me and takes me in there and holds me while I'm there Paula Kurland has waited 12 years to
come to death row to confront Jonathan Nobles her daughter's killer I'm not going in there for him to say I'm sorry
love you I mean sorry won't cut it Paula's family didn't want to be here so she's brought a few close friends for
support David derfler the mediator is along to guide the conversation if he has to I imagine it's going to be
extremely emotional before they begin you leave it in the hands of the Lord yes and first word is don't be afraid
I'm not Paula gets a blessing from the prison priest grant them the grace that they may be reconciled with one another
and then it's finally time to meet her daughter's killer face to face I'm willing to listen to what he has to
say but I don't have to believe anything he says it's pretty hard isn't it it's the hardest thing I've ever done
in my life dying is easier than this this is mity she was a real person Jonathan she
was real and she was nothing to you but she was my whole life she was my baby you can't imagine what you've
done you just don't know how much pain you've caused there's just no way that you
could possibly know what pain you've caused what Devastation when you say that I cannot
understand the pain that I brought no I can't no you I wouldn't even begin to suggest that I could but thank you for
that and that's why I'm here do you realize you stabbed my daughter 28 times no ma'am I didn't remember the
number it was 28 times when you murdered mity you murdered me my kids lost their
mother can you give that back to me can you give that back to my kids oh Ma'am I don't know what to do with you
Jonathan I just don't know what to do with you it's it's ripping me apart it's just
absolutely eating be alive I don't know what to do with you it's just too much too much pain too many conflicting
emotions excuse me John oh God have mercy as the sun sets over the barbed wire outside Paula has to take a break
catch her breath and try to make sense of it all man but there is so much more to say yeah honey I'm okay I'm okay it's
just she's just taking a break I'm just taking a breather they return to the meeting and find there is one thing they
can agree on I was a beast I agree you scared a lot of people yes I did down the hall Paula's friends wait
and worri Ronnie's Here and um he's really working very hard at this too one of those friends is Ron Ross mit's
former boyfriend the victim who survived this is bringing up a lot of very painful things for him Ron's been
offered the chance to meet with Nobles too I just didn't feel like I could be in the same room and and conduct myself
when a sane manner but Ron doesn't even want to look at him back in the meeting Paula and Nobles talk for hours with no
end in sight about everything I don't want you to die from the upcoming execution just to die I don't want that
for anyone to mit's memory it's not very satisfying going to a cemetery and saying I love you mity to a piece of
bronze to the one critical issue that might still mean a stay of execution for Jonathan Noble's organ donation you know
that I started this organ donation issue a long time ago can I ask your permission for
[Music] something if I can if I do do this can I publicly state that I'm doing this in memory of my
victims I'm going to have to give that some thought Nobles tells Paula the story of his life of a right kid gone
terribly bad growing up his high school threw him out the Navy kicked him out and his own mother tossed him out when
he was 17 the last night I used was the night of the murders it was all he says because of drugs I started the 12-step
program when I was in the county jail then as 3 hours turned to four and then to five I feel I've grown about 15 ft
today something extraordinary begins to happen are you okay no me too Paula's anger is slowly giving
way to not sympathy exactly but understanding I feel compassion for you Jonathan I don't know that I deserve it
no you don't but you have it thank you you have anything else you want to say not this moment yeah me
too they take another break let me go tell them I'm okay I know they're worried so Paula can reassure Ron it's
all going okay I'm proud of you and I'm proud of you too I know how hard this is
for you but I think it's going to be okay Ron and then it's time to go back in one last time David derfler the
mediator speaks first if I could be so so bold uh to presume to use this time for your your closing statements to one
another you first sorry it's not enough I brutally murdered your daughter I brutally murdered her friend
MH I brought absolute horror into your life mhm I don't know what else to say other than I'm sorry and sorry seems so
cheap so so very cheap I have Paula tried to change my way of thinking my way of life my way of
living and that's not enough either nothing will ever be enough but I am sorry I honestly am sorry it's the
second time Jonathan Noles has apologized to Paula Kurland the first was at his trial more than a decade ago
that time she told him it wasn't enough this time it still isn't I wish I could just
say it's okay but it isn't okay but Paula says she does now believe Nobles is genuinely remorseful and she is
genuinely moved the best I can give you is my forgiveness I can never forgive what you
did but the God that I believe in demands that I have to forgive you as a person I respect that thank you thank
you PA for your sake Jonathan thank you you're welcome thank you and with that the meeting she fought for for 12 years
is over okay now in Just 2 weeks Nobles is scheduled to die these people are going to take this arm and they're going
to put a needle in it and they're going to inject me and I'm dead and forgiveness or not Paula still wants
Nobles to pay with his life for killing her daughter I want to be the last person he sees execution day ahead on 48
hours [Music] face to face with her daughter's killer the program that brought Paula kurlin
into a Texas prison to confront Jonathan Wayne Nobles is unique these days many states arrange for the victims of crime
to meet with their offenders but it's almost always for lesser offenses only Texas includes inmates on death row now
even though she offered him a measure of forgiveness Paula still wants to witness
Jonathan Noble's execution for the death of her daughter that part of their story
a bit later on but first Troy Roberts reports on how such emotionally charged confrontations are looked upon in
another state and on some victims who are in no mood for forgiveness he grabbed her brought her
in here at approximately uh and this morning we picked up a suspect a Roy David Brooks 14 years after Jimmy
Leland's wife was murdered that son of a [ __ ] didn't have to kill her next case
is number 41 her killer Roy Brooks is being considered for parole you should never get a okay we're ready for in
South Carolina unlike in Texas where Paula kurin lives there are no mediation hearings I've been here 10 years no
efforts to bring the criminal and the victim's families together and that's exactly how Jimmy Leland
likes it I don't believe I have to tell him how I feel uh if it would make him feel any worse I would but I'm not going
to go looking for the chance to to tell him you know God he's got to know I mean he's got to
know Jimmy Leland runs a commercial dock in mullenville a small fishing Village on the South Carolina coast Roy Brooks
came here intending to Rob this post Jimmy's wife Evelyn worked at the town's post office he just hung out right here
till she came through that door and when she did that's when he grabbed her Roy Brooks was her last customer of the day
when I couldn't get an answer on the phone I knew something was wrong and then when I couldn't get an answer when
I drove up here I mean I was shaking inside the post office Jimmy found his wife's body see she had been beaten
that's where she was hanging then strangled with a canvas strap and I took my pocket knife and cut the strap and
she was dead when you found her there is a picture here it's a great picture channel would have been two do
you have any memories of your mom um vaguely vaguely Chandler Leland a college freshman was just 4 years old
when his mother was murdered I grew up without a mother for you know so I guess whatever that whatever that's like I
guess I missed that you don't know what to compare it to do you nope he's very bitter toward the fellow
who did it I mean he hates him which I hate him too well hate yeah I do I hate him you don't have to be at this hearing
no no no why are you going um it's never crossed my mind not that'll get me there and back number 16
the next day in Columbia Timothy Gosset Jimmy and Chandler are there I'm ready to be a law Biden citizen the parole
board has a full docket of cases to review next case is number 41 Roy Brooks we have opposition Jimmy Leland the
victim's husband Roy Brooks's hearing is among 60 cases that'll be heard today before the state parole board he'll
speak to the six member panel first then the Leland family will have their turn in South Carolina in contrast to Texas
official policy you make always keeps perpet trors and victims far apart you do not see or hear the inmate and the
inmate does not see or hear you the parole hearings are conducted by closed circuit television I've earned three
degrees since I've been locked up in the board doesn't allow a direct faceof I would like you understand it up until
this happened for 37 years I lived a pretty exemplary life during Brook's presentation Jimmy Chandler and their
relatives are kept in a waiting room you remember when he was on the witness stand he never said he was sorry where
the discussion turns to questions of fairness and forgiveness we thank you all for coming in if you step outside
you all come in and have a seep please when the time comes to address the board if I can make a brief statement please
right ahead Jimmy Leland speaks for the family just for the records because we'll be back again I'm sure but uh I
hope he's comfortable where he is cuz we'd like to see him stay for a long long time he took a wonderful person
away thank you the panel quickly reaches a decision all right Brooks said jaed numbers one two and three did you have
to think long and hard about it no because he is his sentence was for Life Roy Brooks took a life not violent in
any respect since they couldn't watch Brooks's testimony I said I just lost control of my life the family wanted to
see our videotape of the hearing hell he didn't apologize for anything he never said he was sorry never time never said
he was sorry did anybody hear him say he was sorry he's not remorseful and that's
that's got to be the first stand remorse I am sorry I honestly am sorry I know you are Jonathan in Texas
remorse made forgiveness easier to offer can you find it in your heart to forgive
no Brooks not at all not at all I really don't see how I can forgive him I mean you had to be there but in South
Carolina you love going in the creek in this case forgiveness is all but impossible now well as long as life
lasts and his breath in me you won't get out I mean if I got anything to say about just ahead Jonathan nobl has been
fasting all day today I'll be getting my life back witness to an execution the only way that I'm not going to die is if
Governor George W Jr commutes my S payback for a daughter's death I want to be the last person person he
[Music] sees today I'm going to go witness an execution I'm going to go watch a man
[Music] die the closer it comes the more in tune to one's mortality you become you know
and it and it's it's just not a good thing I'm going to be very sad I am very sad it's been 12 years since her
daughter Mitzy was brutally murdered Our Father who are in him and two weeks since she confronted the man who killed
her and told him he was forgiven he's probably having his last lunch about now now in just a few hours it's what 5
hours now Jonathan Nobles will receive the ultimate punishment 5 hours and 10 minutes minutes and Paula Kurland
composure will be there to watch the only way that I'm not going to die is if Governor George Bush Jr commutes my
sentence and even Nobles knows a last minute pardon isn't likely these people are going to take this arm and they're
going to put a needle in it and they're going to inject me and I'm dead yesterday the court made a final
decision on Noble's request to donate his organs denied I feel sadness uh I'm going to grave for
Jonathan it's a far cry from the way she felt just 2 weeks ago he's going to die
here's what she had to say back then and I feel no sympathy for him but since their meeting Everything Has Changed
it's just terribly confusing right now well almost everything but it doesn't change my
views on the death penalty Paula still wants Nobles to pay for the murder of her daughter I can't even think right
you it's getting closer and closer and closer now no was convicted of stabbing two Austin women to death back outside
the prison Texas Rangers block off the street to keep death penalty protesters at a distance Jonathan Nobles has been
fasting all day at a few minutes to 6 will you see everything yeah Paula and the other Witnesses are LED into the
prison will you look at his face will you look at the surroundings will you will you hold someone's hand do you have
any idea what you're going to do probably all of the above while inside guards walked Nobles from his cell to
the execution chamber he's been basically in control of my life for 12 years and today I'll be getting my life
back it's now 1 minute till 6:00 the hour Paula kland has been waiting for with mixed emotions for all these many
years if everything goes according to schedule at 6:00 Jonathan Wayne Nobles will be given the three injections that
when administered together make up the lethal injection the first one will put him to sleep the second will stop his
breathing the third one will stop his heart it was a very difficult thing to witness by
6:25 it's all over afterwards Noble's body is taken to a church down the street for a memorial
service led by a bishop who met Nobles on death row in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit
amen when you went into the room he was already on the gurnie yes strapped in yeah Lord accept the sacrifice we offer
for our brother Jonathan he talked to you directly what did he say he just said Paula I love you and I'm sorry and
then just before he died Nobles began singing singing Silent Night he just sang until he stopped singing until he
stopped singing what was going through your mind when you watched him sing and then stop and then
die well it just it just kind of took my breath away it was um bottom line did the punishment fit the
crime yes yes this was the way it had to be done this is the way it had to be done and
now for Paula it's time to start working on the toughest part of all getting on with her life I feel light I just feel
like something has just left my body but first David came up to me and he said Jonathan has left something for you
one last surprise from Jonathan nobl when 48 Hours [Music] continues I think that she would have
been very pleased with the way everything went and I think she would have been proud of me for Paula kurlin
the last few weeks have been an tional roller coaster from grief to anger and now remarkably to peace Jonathan isn't
going to be a weight and a focal point in my life anymore with Noble's dad he can no longer haunt her David came up to
me and he said Jonathan has left something for you or can he I was really kind of shocked just one day after his
execution Jonathan Nobles gives Paula one more shock he's left her a gift a metal he wore around his neck I think it
was a good thing to leave behind but is this a genuine sign of remorse or is Nobles manipulating Paula from Beyond
the Grave to give it to someone is to give it with with love the medal goes in the Cedar Chest with mit's momentos the
photos and the memories a good end to a terrible tragedy it's what Paula says she wants to do and I'll be able to let
it go I'll be able to let mity rest which is going to be nice for my family [Music]
[Applause] [Music]

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Brief Summary

Paula Kurland confronts her daughter's murderer, seeking closure before his execution, leading to a complex emotional journey of forgiveness and pain.

Key points

The Confrontation. Paula Kurland confronts her daughter's killer, John Wayne Nobles, after 12 years.
The Organ Donation Controversy. Nobles expresses a desire to donate his organs, complicating the meeting with Paula.
A Mother's Pain. Paula reflects on the brutal murder of her daughter and her quest for closure.
A Mother's Forgiveness. Paula Kurland confronts her daughter's killer, grappling with forgiveness and justice.
The Execution Day. Jonathan Nobles faces execution, while Paula Kurland prepares to witness it.

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Can you imagine that your last thought in this world being of somebody stabbing you?

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