Paxton Wayne Kennedy
Capital murder trial set for man charged in 2016 killing
By Michele W. Forehand
Dothan Eagle
Joshua Steven Nance, one of four people charged in the 2016 fatal shooting of 23-year-old Paxton Wayne Kennedy, is scheduled to have his case heard by a jury beginning Feb. 4.
The trial is set for Houston County Circuit Judge Butch Binford’s courtroom.
If convicted, Nance could face the death penalty or a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. He is charged with capital murder-shooting into an occupied vehicle.
Houston County Sheriff deputies charged Nance and his girlfriend, Dama Clark, with capital murder for shooting into an occupied vehicle. Officials believe the shooting was drug-related. Investigators previously testified during a hearing that Nance was the shooter in the killing, and the other three people charged with the crime were accomplices. According to previous testimony, Kennedy owed one of the defendants money for drugs.
Clark’s trial is scheduled for March 4, in Houston County Judge Larry Anderson’s courtroom. Clark also faces capital murder-shooting into an occupied vehicle charge.
Court records show, Clark has an extensive history of drug arrests.
Warrants filed at the Houston County Courthouse charged both Nance and Clark with intentionally causing Kennedy’s death by shooting him in the head with a .380-caliber pistol while he sat inside a 1994 Nissan pickup truck Jan. 4, 2016. After the shooting, Nance and Clark left the area and traveled home to the Panama City, Florida, area, where they were arrested and extradited back to Alabama.
Also charged are Eric Lance West, of Slocomb, and Pamela Henderson Whitaker, of Cottondale, Florida. Both were charged with capital murder under the conspiring law for helping Nance and Clark to commit the crime.
While in jail awaiting trial, Nance received an additional charge after he was accused of making a knife. He was charged with promoting prison contraband. According to a warrant, Nance made a knife out of a piece of metal, spoons, and cellophane. Sheriff Donald Valenza said Nance has been placed in isolation as a result of his actions in jail.
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