KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri farmer pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges related to his role in a cattle fraud scheme, just days after admitting he killed two Wisconsin
According to news reports, Missouri man Garland Nelson pled guilty on Friday to the murder of two brothers over an attempt to collect a debt over cattle.
Grand jury indicts Missouri man in fraud scheme that ended in murders of Wisconsin brothers Garland Joseph Nelson has been charged with two counts of murder in a separate state case Share Updated: 5:02 PM CDT May 18, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff
Grand jury indicts Missouri man in fraud scheme that ended in murders of Wisconsin brothers Garland Joseph Nelson has been charged with two counts of murder in a separate state case Share Updated: 5:02 PM CDT May 18, 2021
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Show Transcript GETTING STRONGER EVERY DAY. WE’RE HAPPY TO HEAR IT NEW THIS MORNING A TRIAL OF A MISSOURI MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO, WISCONSIN BROTHERS IN JULY OF 2019 IS BEING MOVED BECAUSE OF EXTENSIVE PRETRIAL PUBLICITY. NOW COURT RECORDS SHOW THE GARLAND NELSON’S TRIAL WILL NOW BE IN JOHNSON COUNTY, MISSOURI INSTEAD OF CALDWELL COUNTY WHERE THE CRIME HAPPENED NELSON IS FACING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING 24 YEAR OLD JUSTIN DIMA AND 35 YEAR O
A Braymer man was indicted by a federal grand jury for a $215,000 cattle fraud scheme that he attempted to cover up by murdering two Wisconsin brothers.
Authorities say 27-year-old Garland Joseph Nelson was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City.
The indictment charges Nelson with one count of mail fraud for a scheme in which he allegedly shot and killed two men whom he had defrauded of $215,000 in a cattle contract. Nelson has been charged with two counts of murder in a separate state case that is scheduled for trial in June 2022.
According to the indictment, Nelson – an employee of J4s Farm Enterprises, Inc., a business started by his mother – agreed to care for cattle belonging to Diemel’s Livestock, LLC, located in Shawano County, Wisconsin. Nicholas and Justin Diemel were principals in Diemel’s Livestock, which invested and traded in cattle and other livestock. Nelson agreed to feed and pasture the cattle, then sell the cattle and sen