Marissa Evans Gets Court Order To Harvest Her Murdered Son Nikolas Colton Evans’ Sperm

Marissa Evans, whose son Nikolas Colton Evans, 20, (pictured) died on Sunday after an assault on March 27, 2009 in Austin, Texas, has received a court order to preserve her son’s body until his sperm can be harvested. 

Travis County Judge Guy Herman signed the temporary restraining order and mandatory injunction at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Nikolas was assaulted in the Sixth Street bar district of Austin two weeks ago while heading home with a friend around 2 AM. His head hit the concrete after he was punched, eventually causing his death.

Marissa Evans, 42, who says she wants to use her son’s sperm to have grandchildren through a surrogate mother, repeatedly asked officials at University Medical Center at Brackenridge–where Nikolas died–as well as representatives from an organ donation agency, to a extract her dying son’s sperm. They declined, so she was forced to get a court order.

The sperm must be collected within 24 hours of Evans’ death for it to remain viable or his body must be cooled to no more than 4 degrees centigrade. Evans agreed to donate her son’s organs, which required him to be on life support until 9 p.m. Monday, documents said.

Dead man’s sperm to be taken by court order [Austin American-Statesmen]