Missing Jason

 David Nations

January 3^rd 2007, the night you murdered my brother Jason was the worst night of my life.  My brother was a young man and still had his whole life ahead of him.  He & Kim had gotten engaged on Christmas Eve and they were looking forward to starting a life and family together.  He wanted children, but because of you that will never be.  When you loaded that gun and shot Jason, not only did you steal his life but you robbed his family. We love Jason and you can not even imagine the anger & pain our family & his fiancée has endured because of your actions. 

I don't understand how you can live with yourself after what you did or how you could plead not guilty.  You know that you murdered Jason. You went the bedroom, loaded your shot gun then returned to the living room and waited for him to open the door and enter his home, and then you shot him in the head. You had every intention of killing him and you know it.   Be a man for once in your miserable life and own up to what you did and plead guilty.   Jason was not armed, nor had he layed a finger on you. He did not deserve to die the way he did and you know that.  Jason should still be here, you had no right to rob him of his life.   It's just not fair…….. and I hate you so much for taking him away from us.

The last time I saw my brother alive was on December 22, 2006.   We had an early Christmas dinner together.  He was bubbly and full of life as usual. He gave a big hug and told me he loved me.  That's the last time I saw my brother alive.  Unfortunately, that's not my last memory of him.  My last memory is seeing him in the funeral home after you had murdered him.  I have never hated anyone the way that I hate you.  I hope you burn in hell for all eternity for what you did.

In Loving Memory of Jason Leon Claude Cothren