Justice for Nikki
Dear members of the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, In the ongoing saga surrounding the case of Robert Roberson, we have heard from a wide array of people proclaiming his innocence: from a law enforcement officer who investigated the case, a juror who found him guilty, socalled experts in the media, and even acclaimed TV personalities and best-selling authors. Now, in a last-ditch effort, some Members of your committee are proclaiming his innocence, and you have held hearings in an attempt to halt Roberson’s execution.
Lost in this parade of people who are overeager to proclaim the innocence of a man found guilty by a jury of his peers, are the facts about Nikki Curtis’murder and the voice of those who knew him best and who witnessed the repeated abuse by Mr. Roberson – Nikki’s family.
Given the one-sided picture of Mr. Roberson that has been recently portrayed in the media, we feel obliged to speak up and defend the real victim in this case whose life was taken by the hands of Robert Roberson, Nikki Curtis. Nikki’s story must be told.
Let us be clear: we do not believe Mr. Roberson should be put to death simply because he is a bad man. We believe his death sentence should be carried out based on the facts of this case, which remain true today, as well the overwhelming evidence that was presented at the trial that led to the jury’s verdict. Furthermore, the shaken baby theory, upon which much of your hearing relied, was already used by Roberson’s defense team in the original trial and found not to be credible.
Because so many facts seem to have been intentionally left out of the current conversation surrounding Mr. Roberson’s case, we wanted to reiterate several facts, all of which were presented at the trial: When Nikki was brought to the hospital, the following injuries were found:
• Extensive bruising to her chin, face, ears, eyes, and mouth
• Handprint on her face
• Bruised and mushy back of skull
• The Medical Examiner, Dr. Jill Urban, testified that Nikki died from blunt force head injuries, not from being shaken:
• 6 supervising medical officers concurred with this assessment • No one testified in the original trial that Nikki died because of being shaken
• Dr. Urban confirmed this assessment in 2016, noting additional evidence Nikki did not die from being shaken including: • Lacerations inside Nikki’s mouth
• Red bruising on the left side and top of Nikki’s head
• Trauma to Nikki’s spine, including bleeding of the spine
• Trauma to Nikki’s entire brain – that caused Nikki’s brain to shift inside her skull, compress her spinal cord, and impede her breathing Robert Roberson had a reported history of sexually and physically abusing twoyear old Nikki Curtis, as well as another little girl, including:
• Putting his penis in twoyear- old Nikki’s mouth
• Rubbing his penis against two-year-old Nikki’s vagina
• Placing a child in a bed of fire ants
• Whipping Nikki when she cried
• Assaulting Nikki with a board and paddle
• Throwing Nikki on the bed so hard she bounced off and hit the floor Despite all of these facts we all kept an open mind and were ready to receive new information leading up to and during the trial that might have shown him to be innocent. The only thing we have ever wanted was to know what happened to Nikki, and what caused her death. After hearing countless hours of testimony that was presented, we remain convinced that Mr. Roberson is guilty and directly responsible for Nikki’s death.
Nikki’s death is the real tragedy in this case, and her loss has left a profound hole in all of our hearts. We do not begrudge those who are speaking out on behalf of Mr. Roberson. We only wish that these facts were also included as part of the story.
Ultimately, we pray that justice will be delivered for Nikki. Sincerely,
Matthew Bowman Nikki’s brother
Jessica Rachelle Carriere Nikki’s aunt
Larry Gene Bowman Nikki’s grandfather
Absolved from allegiance
Our forefathers wrote our Declaration of Independence from the tyrant King George III in 1776. They specified their reasons, based on the actions, behavior and intentions of the King and how they negatively affected the colonists in America.
In 2024, we have a clear picture of the actions, behavior and intentions of a current candidate for President, Donald J. Trump. We’re told he has a 50/50 chance of winning, so it’s not too early to compose a response to his “intolerable acts” … what he has done, and what he tells us he is planning. Our forefathers specified “a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object … Despotism.” The parallels between today and 1776 are downright spooky, as the use of our forefathers’ own words demonstrate: He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good (denies responsibility despite numerous court findings of felonies, frauds, grifts, defamations, sexual abuses, and numerous pending indictments).
He has forbidden Legislators to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance (immigration).
He would have the people relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only (“You don’t have to vote again! We’ll have it fixed so good!” – Trump July 27, ‘24).
He would dissolve public service agencies, governmental departments, the free press, the judiciary, and individual critics for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people (Project 2025). He would install sycophants.
He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners (complete and total Muslim ban; “they’re criminals … rapists”); refusing … their migrations hither.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, while ignoring constant ethical violations and self-enrichments.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power (would employ the military to “go after” those he deems “enemies from within” … i.e. those who dare criticize him).
For protecting his agents, through pardon power, from punishment for any crimes which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States.
He has called and harassed state election officials (and his own Vice President) for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
His refusal to acknowledge climate change and resultant severe weather have resulted in plundered seas, ravaged Coasts, burnt towns, and destroyed lives of our people. His lack of a comprehensive Covid plan resulted in the deaths of over a million Americans, a per capita fatality rate ranking the USA 15th out of 154 nations (while calling Covid a “Democrat HOAX”).
He has combined with others to subject us to jurisdictions foreign to our constitution (the Heritage Foundation, the Federalist Society, Project 2025), and UNacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to theirActs of pretended Legislation.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us. He is at this time encouraging Armies of Mercenaries (Proud Boys, Promise Keepers) to compleat (sic) the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, enacted on January 6, 2021.
(“If I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath!” -Trump, Mar. 16, ’24).
A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. We, therefore, are Absolved from any Allegiance to Trump.
Jeff Harrison Buffalo
