Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Beatrice Six are Joseph White, Thomas Winslow, Ada JoAnn Taylor, Debra Shelden, James Dean, and Kathy Gonzalez, who were falsely found guilty in 1989 of the 1985 rape and murder of Helen Wilson in Beatrice, Nebraska. They served prison terms before being exonerated in 2009. Gage County Board members have approved the final payments in the $28.1 million judgment awarded to the six people. Kathleen "Kathy" Gonzalez, one of the six people wrongfully convicted, has died.1 The county was ordered to pay the judgment after losing the federal civil rights case filed by the six in 2009.
The Beatrice Six are Joseph White, Thomas Winslow, Ada JoAnn Taylor, Debra Shelden, James Dean, and Kathy Gonzalez, who were falsely found guilty in 1989 of the 1985 rape and murder of Helen Wilson in Beatrice, Nebraska. They served prison terms before being exonerated in 2009. Gage County Board members have approved the final payments in the $28.1 million judgment awarded to the six people. Kathleen "Kathy" Gonzalez, one of the six people wrongfully convicted, has died.1 The county was ordered to pay the judgment after losing the federal civil rights case filed by the six in 2009.
