The Lester Street Murders: A Family's Fight For Justice

Sadly, 15 years have passed since jessie dotson murdered six people, including his two young nephews, in a lester street residence. One of memphis most stunning crimes ever, it was. The killings happened in march 2008. Dotson, 35, was found guilty of murdering his brother cecil, 30, at 722 lester st. Jessie dotson, the man serving time on death row for killing six people, including multiple family members and children in 2008, is asking the court to set aside his conviction.

Jessie dotson lived at 600 lauderdale street with his family in memphis as a teen. At , authorities charged him with disorderly conduct after threatening his mother. Jessie dotson was sentenced to death after he killed six people, including his two young nephews, at a home on lester street in march 2008. The survivor and key witness from the 2008 lester. On saturday, , jessie sr. , the defendant, and william waddell, cecils and the defendants half brother, also known as fat, went to cecils lester street home to watch a televised university of memphis basketball game with him. Williams and the five children were also present at the home during this time. Dotson, 35, who had served almost 14 years in prison for a 1994 murder, was convicted of shooting to death his brother, cecil, 30, on , at 722 lester st. And then eliminating witnesses, including marissa williams, 27, shindri roberson, 22, hollis seals, 33, and cecil's children, cemario, 4, and cecil ii, 2. The lester street murders occurred on , in a neighborhood in memphis that was already struggling with crime and poverty.