the last thing pearl said she heard diane say was bless this child. according to cell phone records, neal stood over diane s body and called pearl s mother telling her he had recently come into some money and suggested they all go shopping. later, neal ditched diane s car and set it on fire thinking they had destroyed all the forensic evidence. but they still left plenty behind. neal was not executed by the state, then it would really be a travesty. we the jury find the defendant guilty in april of 2006, ronnie neal was tried and convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death by lethal injection. pearl s life was spared in