Bio

Michael Wayne Nance was born in 1961. He lived in Gwinnett County, Georgia. 

Murder Story

On December 18, 1993, Michael Wayne Nance committed a murder during a bank robbery in Gwinnett County, Georgia. He entered the Tucker Federal Savings & Loan wearing a ski mask and carrying a .22 caliber revolver. He threatened the tellers while demanding money, warning them against dye money and claiming he would return to kill them all if the dye packets went off. The tellers managed to include dye packets with the cash.

After leaving the bank, Nance's getaway car, a stolen Oldsmobile, set off the dye packets which released red dye and tear gas. He abandoned the car and ran to a nearby liquor store parking lot. There, he confronted Gabor Balogh, who was just backing out of his parking space. Nance opened the driver's side door of Balogh's car and shot him. The bullet struck Balogh in the elbow and traveled through his chest, causing fatal injuries.

Dan McNeal, a bystander, witnessed the shooting and heard Balogh scream for help. After shooting Balogh, Nance pointed the gun at McNeal and demanded his car keys. McNeal ran to escape and later found Balogh severely injured in the car. Balogh died before emergency services could arrive.

Nance fled to a nearby gas station where he held the police at bay for about an hour. He threatened the police, saying there would be "war" if anyone approached him. Eventually, he surrendered. When he was apprehended, police found his clothes stained with the same red dye from the dye packets, and his revolver had spent shells in it.

Nance later confessed to the bank robbery but claimed that he shot into the air to scare Balogh. Despite this claim, he was charged and convicted of several crimes, including malice murder and aggravated assault. The jury recommended the death penalty, which was imposed on October 1, 1997.