Published on: October 28, 2024, 11:19h. 

Last updated on: October 28, 2024, 11:19h.

Robert Brown faces execution for a 2012 Las Vegas homicide.

The death penalty in Nevada was renewed after more than five years.

However, convicts sentenced to death in the state remain incarcerated during appeals processes.

A jury unanimously voted for Brown’s execution on October 9 after two hours of deliberation.

Brown, 54, was found guilty of killing his girlfriend, Nichole Nick, 29.

He entered her apartment, shot her, and also aimed shots at her mother, Esther Maestas, and a three-year-old girl. Brown was apprehended in 2014.

Brown was convicted of various charges including murder, burglary, attempted murder, discharging a firearm, child abuse with a deadly weapon, and possessing a firearm as a felon.

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson commented, “This particular case is not a typical instance where the death penalty would be imposed compared to other cases.”

There are circumstances where a jury might opt for the death penalty more readily based on the composition of the jurors.

Despite Brown’s criminal history, his legal team argued that he had a troubled childhood, received mental health treatment in prison, and attempted suicide.

In a separate case, Arthur Joseph Lavery was identified as the killer of Melonie White, whose body was discovered near Lake Mead in Nevada 30 years after her murder.

White, 27, disappeared in 1994 and was found murdered the next day near Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

In 2021, DNA evidence linked Lavery to the crime, but he had passed away due to COVID in 2021.

Lavery, a Las Vegas native, was 38 years old when White was killed.

Her brother, Walter White, expressed relief at finally having closure.

Her death deeply affected my mother and our family. It took a long time to recover. Having closure is comforting,” SFGate reported his comments.