Gregg Co. District Attorney Tom Watson talks about the justice delivered to the families of the murder victims
Longview man who killed âLavender Doeâ, second victim gets 50 year sentence
Longview man who killed âLavender Doe,â second woman, gets 50 years in prison By Stephanie Frazier | December 15, 2020 at 4:57 PM CST - Updated December 16 at 1:20 PM
LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) Joseph Burnette pleaded guilty to the murders of two women in a Longview court. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Tuesday.
Burnette is accused of the 2006 murder of the then-unidentified woman dubbed âLavender Doeâ, who was identified in 2018 as Dana Dodd of Jacksonville. He is also accused of the 2018 killing of Felisha Pearson of Longview.