Updated: 5:33 PM CST December 15, 2020
GREGG COUNTY, Texas A Longview man has pleaded guilty to the murders of his roommate and a woman who went unidentified for 13 years.
According to Gregg County judicial records, Joseph Wayne Burnette, 43, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the 188th District Court to the murders of Felisha Pearson and Dana Lynn Dodd (previously known as Lavender Doe ). He was sentenced to 50 years in prison for each murder. The sentences will run concurrently and he will become eligible for parole after serving 25 years.
Pearson, 28, was originally reported missing on July 19, 2018. Authorities found her body five days later in Longview.