The son accused of killing his father in their rural Stayton home in 2019 has pled guilty to manslaughter, according to court documents.
Joshua Elbert Nelson, 22 at the time of the crime, was arrested in March 2019. Police arrived at the 41600 block of Stayton Scio Road around 10 p.m., where they found 50-year-old Timothy Nelson dead in the driveway. Joshua Nelson barricaded himself inside the house and engaged police in a 6-hour standoff. Joshua Nelson eventually surrendered, and police arrested him and charged him with aggravated murder.
On January 20, 2023, Nelson pled guilty to Manslaughter in the First Degree in the Multnomah County Circuit Court. He pled no contest to an additional charge of attempted murder.
As part of the plea, a sentence of 22 years was recommended.