The Brief
- A man convicted of murdering the creator of The Anger Room in Deep Ellum has been sentenced.
- Donna Alexander died after being physically assaulted in her home in 2018.
- Nathaniel Mitchell has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.
TARRANT COUNTY, Texas – A man who was convicted of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and murdering her while her two children were at home in 2018 has been sentenced to 45 years in prison, according to the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office.
The trial for 41-year-old Nathaniel Mitchell started on May 6, more than six and a half years after the murder. He was sentenced on Monday and booked into the Tarrant County Jail.
The backstory:
The District Attorney’s Office says on September 21, 2018, Mitchell broke into Donna Alexander‘s Grand Prairie home and physically assaulted her in the bathroom. She suffered brain hemorrhaging, hematomas and a cranial fracture. Officials say her two children were inside the home at the time.…