Friend or Foe James D. Marrs and Sharron Erickson

Murder Comes to Town is a long running show on Discovery ID, which is described as "Things like SharronErickson and James D. Marrs, is shown. that don't happen here," they always say. These are the shocking murder mysteries that haunt small town America. We'll discover the dark secrets that lie just beneath the outwardly wholesome surface of America's heartland. . In season 2, episode 5, the story of

The show is titled Friend or Foe and is described as When longtime resident Sharron Erickson is found raped and murdered in the tiny Midwestern town of Colon, Nebraska, the community is stunned that the recent retiree could be the victim of such a savage crime. As weeks pass with no arrests made, suspicions begin to swirl around her best friend. Could the rumors have something to do with Sharron's murder? .

His appeal includes:

While [Erickson] was sleeping, the defendant climbed a six-foot fence and broke into a screen door that was pried open with a chisel, kicked up the wooden storm door setting off an alarm, and cutting her phone line.
At some point [Erickson] awoke, and apparently grabbed an unloaded Beretta that she kept in her house.   When a struggle ensued, the defendant followed her into her garage, continued to beat her and strangle her with [his] hands.   At some point he got tired and couldn't finish the job and had to stand on her throat to finally kill her.
After both sides had presented their arguments and immediately prior to imposing sentence, the district judge stated in part:
You have deprived the community of a valuable citizen and have taken a loved one away from her family.
[Nothing] I can say today or do today or that you could say or do ․ would change the fact that your actions terrorized your community.   You placed its residents under fear and suspicion.

You can write to James D. Marrs, at:

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​Tecumseh State Correctional Institution
PO Box 900
Tecumseh, NE 68450