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    James O'Berry Sentenced in 2010 OK Slaying of Nelly Pelts

    Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty For O'Berry

    A sex offender charged with killing an Oklahoma Sunday School teacher could get the death penalty, if he's convicted in the case.

    James O'Berry is charged with luring Nelly Pelts, 27, from a Del City Walmart store to the Christ Gospel Church and killing her. Police said after stabbing her multiple times, he ran over Pelts' body with his car.

    Earlier this year, after his arrest, he said, "I'm a Christian. I don't know what happened. I blacked out. I swear to God."

    In a preliminary hearing on Friday, prosecutors said they planned to pursue the death penalty in his case.

    District Attorney David Prater said his office will pursue a capital murder conviction because the crime was legally considered heinous, atrocious and cruel. Aggravating circumstances are required before prosecutors can pursue a death-penalty conviction.

    "The judge found probable cause that, in this case, that he did commit this crime," Prater said.

    Pelts' pastor said she won't soon be forgotten.

    "You can't even walk in the door of the church without remember some aspect of Nelly because she was so involved with the church and so willing to be involved with the church," said the Rev. Kevin Anderson.

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    A convicted rapist will spend the rest of his life in prison, but avoid the death penalty after pleading guilty Wednesday to first-degree murder in the death of a woman stabbed and run over near her Midwest City church.


    James Allen O'Berry, 55, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing Nelly Pelts, 26, on Feb. 6, 2010, outside Christ Gospel Church. He gave up his right to appeal in a plea deal with prosecutors.
    During his sentencing Wednesday in Oklahoma County District Court, O'Berry asked Pelts' family for forgiveness and said he hopes she will also forgive him someday when they meet in heaven.
    O'Berry met Pelts, a Spencer resident, at a Walmart, and they went to her church after discussing religion, according to court papers. O'Berry told police he remembered following her to the church parking lot, but blacked out between then and waking up at home covered in blood.
    A witness reported seeing O'Berry and Pelts fighting at the church about 12:50 a.m., and Pelts was trying to run away when O'Berry ran her over with his car. Pelts suffered stab wounds earlier in the fight.
    O'Berry is a registered sex offender with convictions for violent felonies in Alabama.


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