In 1995, Nance began a decade-long correspondence with James Nelson, an Irish tenor who is critical of the death penalty.[6] Through their friendship, Nelson realized "that Eric's only means of escape from [his] hell's purgatory was through his letters, his memories and his dreams."[6] With fellow Celtic Tenors Niall Morris and Matthew Gilsenan, Nelson set a poem of Nance's to music and entitled it, "Eric's Song". After Nance's execution, the Celtic Tenors released the song on their album, Remember
MurderEdit On October 11, 1993, 18-year-old Julie Heath (June 11, 1975 - October 11, 1993) was driving on U.S. Highway 270 between Malvern and Hot Springs, Arkansas, to visit her boyfriend in Hot Springs. Nance stated that he stopped to help Heath after her car broke down and offered her a ride to Malvern. The prosecution said that Nance then raped and murdered her. He was later seen in a convenience store wearing no shoes, socks, or shirt. According to the clerk, there appeared to be fresh dark, damp stains on his overalls.[1] Heath's body was found on October 18, 1993, by a hunter. Her throat had been cut. Photographs of the scene show that she was fully clothed, but her belt buckle was partially undone, her pants zipper was not fully up, and the left shoulder of her shirt was torn. The shirt was also on inside out. The medical examiner also reported that her socks and panties were on inside out and her bra was pulled up around the neck and shoulder area. A pubic hair located in Nance's pickup was said by an expert to be microscopically identical to that of Heath.[1] Nance said he accidentally killed Heath. According to defense testimony, she had become hysterical after seeing a utility knife and began to kick at him. Putting up his hand to stop her, he accidentally lodged the knife in her throat. This version of events was told at the trial by his brother and sister, to whom Nance had told his version of events.[2] The TV show "Murder Comes to Town" on the Investigation Discovery channel presented this murder mystery in Season 5 Episode 7 "Something's Not Right". Later, his sister Belinda, told his story on the "Evil Lives Here" episode "They Say I Killed My Brother
how can someone write songs from a convicted murderer of an 18 year old Arkansas cheerleader .. this is just so sick and gross ... Eric Randall Nance (January 9, 1960 - November 28, 2005) was an American man who was convicted of murder in the state of Arkansas. While on death row, the former heating and air conditioning technician obtained his high school equivalency certificate and penned multiple poems, one of which was set to music and recorded by the Celtic Tenors. Nance was executed in 2005, twelve years after the crime. The murder On October 11, 1993, 18-year-old Julie Heath (June 11, 1975 - October 11, 1993) was driving on U.S. Highway 270 between Malvern and Hot Springs, Arkansas, to visit her boyfriend in Hot Springs. Nance stated that he stopped to help Heath after her car broke down and offered her a ride to Malvern. The prosecution said that Nance then raped and murdered her. He was later seen in a convenience store wearing no shoes, socks, or shirt. According to the clerk, there appeared to be fresh dark, damp stains on his overalls. Heath's body was found on October 18, 1993, by a hunter. Her throat had been cut. Photographs of the scene show that she was fully clothed, but her belt buckle was partially undone, her pants zipper was not fully up, and the left shoulder of her shirt was torn. The shirt was also on inside out. The medical examiner also reported that her socks and panties were on inside out and her bra was pulled up around the neck and shoulder area. A pubic hair located in Nance's pickup was said by an expert to be microscopically identical to that of Heath. Nance said he accidentally killed Heath. According to defense testimony, she had become hysterical after seeing a utility knife and began to kick at him. Putting up his hand to stop her, he accidentally lodged the knife in her throat. This version of events were told at the trial by his brother and sister, to whom Nance had told his version of events Execution Originally the execution was scheduled for 8 p.m. on November 28. There was a temporary stay order by Justice Clarence Thomas to give him more time to review the case. Thomas is the justice responsible for handling emergency cases from Arkansas. The stay was vacated shortly afterwards and all appeals denied. Nance ordered a final meal of two bacon cheeseburgers, french fries, two pints of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, and two Coca-Colas. Nance made no last statement. Given a lethal injection, he was pronounced dead at 9:24 p.m. CST. It was the first execution by the state of Arkansas since Charles Laverne Singleton on January 6, 2004. Witnesses described the execution as surreal. Although Nance offered no last words, his spiritual advisor yelled, "May God have mercy on our souls!", which startled some witnesses Writings and song In 1995, Nance began a decade-long correspondence with James Nelson, an Irish tenor who is critical of the death penalty. Through their friendship, Nelson realized "that Eric's only means of escape from [his] hell's purgatory was through his letters, his memories and his dreams." With fellow Celtic Tenors Niall Morris and Matthew Gilsenan, Nelson set a poem of Nance's to music and entitled it, "Eric's Song". After Nance's execution, the Celtic Tenors released the song on their album, Remember Me. THIS MAN GOT WHAT HE DESERVES .. DEATH AND I PRAY HE IS BURNING IN HELL .. HE TORE THAT GIRLS FAMILY APART .. THEY DESERVE PEACE WHERE HE ONLY DESERVES HELL.....
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In 1995, Nance began a decade-long correspondence with James Nelson, an Irish tenor who is critical of the death penalty.[6] Through their friendship, Nelson realized "that Eric's only means of escape from [his] hell's purgatory was through his letters, his memories and his dreams."[6] With fellow Celtic Tenors Niall Morris and Matthew Gilsenan, Nelson set a poem of Nance's to music and entitled it, "Eric's Song". After Nance's execution, the Celtic Tenors released the song on their album, Remember
I love the Celtic tenors but this song sends chills down my spine. Eric Nance's victim did not deserve what happened to her
Love em
MurderEdit
On October 11, 1993, 18-year-old Julie Heath (June 11, 1975 - October 11, 1993) was driving on U.S. Highway 270 between Malvern and Hot Springs, Arkansas, to visit her boyfriend in Hot Springs. Nance stated that he stopped to help Heath after her car broke down and offered her a ride to Malvern. The prosecution said that Nance then raped and murdered her. He was later seen in a convenience store wearing no shoes, socks, or shirt. According to the clerk, there appeared to be fresh dark, damp stains on his overalls.[1]
Heath's body was found on October 18, 1993, by a hunter. Her throat had been cut. Photographs of the scene show that she was fully clothed, but her belt buckle was partially undone, her pants zipper was not fully up, and the left shoulder of her shirt was torn. The shirt was also on inside out. The medical examiner also reported that her socks and panties were on inside out and her bra was pulled up around the neck and shoulder area. A pubic hair located in Nance's pickup was said by an expert to be microscopically identical to that of Heath.[1]
Nance said he accidentally killed Heath. According to defense testimony, she had become hysterical after seeing a utility knife and began to kick at him. Putting up his hand to stop her, he accidentally lodged the knife in her throat. This version of events was told at the trial by his brother and sister, to whom Nance had told his version of events.[2]
The TV show "Murder Comes to Town" on the Investigation Discovery channel presented this murder mystery in Season 5 Episode 7 "Something's Not Right". Later, his sister Belinda, told his story on the "Evil Lives Here" episode "They Say I Killed My Brother
Too bad Eric's victim never got to write a song or a poem. Or live past 18.
Because that doesn't get enough attention or money,
how can someone write songs from a convicted murderer of an 18 year old Arkansas cheerleader .. this is just so sick and gross ...
Eric Randall Nance (January 9, 1960 - November 28, 2005) was an American man who was convicted of murder in the state of Arkansas. While on death row, the former heating and air conditioning technician obtained his high school equivalency certificate and penned multiple poems, one of which was set to music and recorded by the Celtic Tenors. Nance was executed in 2005, twelve years after the crime.
The murder
On October 11, 1993, 18-year-old Julie Heath (June 11, 1975 - October 11, 1993) was driving on U.S. Highway 270 between Malvern and Hot Springs, Arkansas, to visit her boyfriend in Hot Springs. Nance stated that he stopped to help Heath after her car broke down and offered her a ride to Malvern. The prosecution said that Nance then raped and murdered her. He was later seen in a convenience store wearing no shoes, socks, or shirt. According to the clerk, there appeared to be fresh dark, damp stains on his overalls.
Heath's body was found on October 18, 1993, by a hunter. Her throat had been cut. Photographs of the scene show that she was fully clothed, but her belt buckle was partially undone, her pants zipper was not fully up, and the left shoulder of her shirt was torn. The shirt was also on inside out. The medical examiner also reported that her socks and panties were on inside out and her bra was pulled up around the neck and shoulder area. A pubic hair located in Nance's pickup was said by an expert to be microscopically identical to that of Heath.
Nance said he accidentally killed Heath. According to defense testimony, she had become hysterical after seeing a utility knife and began to kick at him. Putting up his hand to stop her, he accidentally lodged the knife in her throat. This version of events were told at the trial by his brother and sister, to whom Nance had told his version of events
Execution
Originally the execution was scheduled for 8 p.m. on November 28. There was a temporary stay order by Justice Clarence Thomas to give him more time to review the case. Thomas is the justice responsible for handling emergency cases from Arkansas. The stay was vacated shortly afterwards and all appeals denied.
Nance ordered a final meal of two bacon cheeseburgers, french fries, two pints of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, and two Coca-Colas. Nance made no last statement. Given a lethal injection, he was pronounced dead at 9:24 p.m. CST. It was the first execution by the state of Arkansas since Charles Laverne Singleton on January 6, 2004.
Witnesses described the execution as surreal. Although Nance offered no last words, his spiritual advisor yelled, "May God have mercy on our souls!", which startled some witnesses
Writings and song
In 1995, Nance began a decade-long correspondence with James Nelson, an Irish tenor who is critical of the death penalty.
Through their friendship, Nelson realized "that Eric's only means of
escape from [his] hell's purgatory was through his letters, his memories
and his dreams." With fellow Celtic Tenors Niall Morris and Matthew Gilsenan, Nelson set a poem
of Nance's to music and entitled it, "Eric's Song". After Nance's
execution, the Celtic Tenors released the song on their album, Remember Me.
THIS MAN GOT WHAT HE DESERVES .. DEATH AND I PRAY HE IS BURNING IN HELL .. HE TORE THAT GIRLS FAMILY APART .. THEY DESERVE PEACE WHERE HE ONLY DESERVES HELL.....
Because the artists don't actually look into the people that write they buy into any and every sob story they hear