Clevy Nelson-Royster biography: 13 things about Tuskegee University alumna

Clevy Muchette Nelson-Royster is an African-American woman from a military family. She is an alumna of Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States.

Both Nelson-Royster and Malcolm Xavier Perry served in the U.S. Army as captains. They were in an on-and-off romantic relationship and she allegedly had a problem with his frequent visits to the Jaguars, a strip club in El Paso, Texa, USA.

Nelson-Royster is 4 years older than her friend Richard Mustapha Sennessie. On the early morning of October 11, 2020, they went to the Jaguars strip club and were joined at their table by Perry, who was already there.

In the club, Nelson-Royster allegedly grabbed Perry’s glasses and broke them and got into several other altercations. After being escorted out, she allegedly continued to fight other people in the parking lot.

“F*** you, Malcolm!” Nelson-Royster allegedly yelled at Perry. “When my n***** comes back from Afghanistan, I’m a get him to shoot yo’ ass!”

After leaving club, Nelson-Royster allegedly guided several people to Perry’s apartment with the intent to attack him. With her black 2019 Jeep Wrangler, she and Sennessie drove to Perry’s residence and found Perry sitting in his Audi parked at the apartment complex parking lot.

Perry drove off after Nelson-Royster allegedly assaulted him. She was in the passenger’s seat while Sennessie was driving her black Jeep Cherokee, which they used to chase Perry’s Audi.

At around 5:46 a.m., Sennessie intentionally rammed the Jeep Cherokee into the Audi, causing the latter to roll over and catch fire at the intersection of John Hayes and N. Zaragoza in El Paso resulting in Perry’s death. According to Sennessie, she kept yelling at him to ram Perry’s car and kept grabbing the wheel and honking the horn minutes before Perry’s death.

Nelson-Royster started her military career in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) in Tuskegee University. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. On October 4, 2014, she was at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
2. In 2015, she and Perry joined the U.S. Army. Their on-and-off relationship started that year. She was a second lieutenant before becoming a captain.
3. On December 13, 2017, she was in Copperas Cove, Texas.
4. On February 22, 2019, she was in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
5. In February 2020, she took command of Echo Forward Support Company, a logistics unit with the 1-501st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion nicknamed the Iron Dragons at Fort Bliss in El Paso. She and Perry were both logistics officers assigned to the 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss.
6. On the evening of October 10, 2020, she ran into Sennessie at the 915 Vibes bar and grill in the Pebble Village Shopping Center in El Paso. She was kicked out of the bar after getting into an altercation with a group of women. From there, she and Sennessie moved to the Jaguars strip club.
7. On October 11, 2020, she was caught on surveillance camera inside the Jaguars strip club fighting with employees before being physically removed from the club.
8. On October 15, 2020, she was arrested by homicide detectives in El Paso. When interviewed by the detectives, she referred to Perry as her fiancé. She was charged with soliciting, directing, encouraging and aiding in the murder of Perry. She was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility in El Paso on a $500,000 bond.
9. On November 18, 2020, she was indicted on one count of murder.
10. On March 30, 2021, the trial court set her case for a jury trial to be held on October 8, 2021.
11. On September 21, 2021, she was reindicted on one count of murder. On September 24, 2021, the state of Texas moved for a continuance, which she opposed. Trial was reset to December 9, 2021.
12. On November 30, 2021, the trial court sua sponte issued a protective order enjoining multiple persons from discussing her case with the media. She filed an objection to the protective order and requested a hearing.
13. On March 24, 2022, the trial court held a hearing on the gag order that she objected to. She was 29 years old when the trial court overruled her objection on March 28, 2022 and ordered the protective order to remain in place.