Man sentenced to 20 years over a ‘Texas Killing Fields’ case, decades after dozens of bodies found
The verdict follows testimony that Elmore provided details investigators said matched the decades-old case and could lead to a 20-year sentence.
- A Galveston County jury convicted James Elmore Jr. on Wednesday of felony manslaughter and tampering with evidence in the 1984 death of Laura Miller, concluding a decades-old case involving the "Texas Killing Fields" in League City.
- District Attorney Kenneth Cusick alleged Elmore assisted longtime friend Clyde Hedrick by supplying cocaine administered to Miller; Hedrick died by suicide in March before facing a grand jury.
- Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller testified Tuesday that he paid Elmore nearly $33,000 over several years, emphasizing Elmore revealed burial details before receiving any payment.
- Elmore faces up to 20 years in prison as the trial enters its punishment phase on Thursday, with the same jury returning to determine his sentence.
- The Calder Road site, where remains of at least 30 women were recovered, is part of a larger area spanning the I-45 corridor; Tim Miller's organization has located more than 400 deceased victims.
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Man Sentenced to 20 Years for “Texas Killing Fields” Death
Defendant James Dolphs Elmore Jr., right, sits with his attorney, William Agnew, while listening to witness testimony during his trial in Galveston, Texas, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (Stuart Villanueva/The Galveston County Daily News via AP, Pool)
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Man sentenced to 20 years over a ‘Texas Killing Fields’ case, decades after dozens of bodies found
A man convicted over a “Texas Killing Fields” death was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday in a rare trial related to the bodies of dozens of women found near Houston beginning in the 1970s. James Dolphs Elmore Jr. was given the maximum sentence by a jury in Galveston County a day after they...
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