Waiting For Justice

Two mothers continue their wait for justice. While many mothers are getting to enjoy the holidays, two women are fighting on behalf of their dead children.<br/><br/>News on 6 crime reporter Lori Fullbright

Tuesday, December 19th 2006, 10:39 am

By: News On 6

Two mothers continue their wait for justice. While many mothers are getting to enjoy the holidays, two women are fighting on behalf of their dead children.

News on 6 crime reporter Lori Fullbright says these women have been waiting for two years. For one, it's been two years since her daughter was murdered and no one has been arrested. For the other, a suspect has been arrested, but it's been two years and still, no trial.

Scott Bolton was in his 20's, when a good gesture ending up costing him, his life. He offered to take a friend home, after they'd been to a club in downtown Tulsa. Two men followed Scott and his buddy and one man punched Scott in the face. He fell, hit his head on the concrete and died. That was September 11th, 2004.

Here it is, more than two years later and the man charged with Scott's death, Jason Nicholson, has yet to go to trial and has not spent one night behind bars.

The case has had so many delays; Scott's mom has lost count.

"It makes you angry, hurt and disillusioned all at once. It's like a living nightmare, I don't know how else to describe it," said Debbie Henry, Scottâ€™s mother.

Debbie says the delays only benefit the suspect, he lives his life plus witnesses could move or change their minds. For the victim's family, it's devastating to get emotionally geared up, only to learn there's been another postponement.

Maggie Zingman is in a painful waiting game of her own. Her daughter Brittany was raped and murdered in her Tulsa apartment on October 10th, 2004. There's been no arrest, although police have eliminated many suspects.

"We have DNA, blood and semen. The hardest thing is I don't believe this person is local and without getting it out nationally, we'll never get it solved," Zingman said.

Maggie says all she wants for Christmas is for some national media attention that might help find Brittany's killer.

Maggie put up billboards, she hands out fliers, but no answers and she's afraid for others.

"If he's not here, even if he is, especially if he's moved on, for all we know, he has killed other people," Zingman said.

As heartbreaking as these stories are, they're not that unusual. We hear from people all the time who can't understand why it takes so long for a case to get to court. The Tulsa County DA's office did a huge number of trials last year, but, there are many more on the waiting list.

Scott's case is set for trial in February, but it could very well be postponed again because the suspect has changed attorneys for the third time.

As for Brittany's mom, she's contacted all the networks, to try to get her daughter's case heard.