{"id":229782,"date":"2026-04-01T05:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/229782\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T05:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:49:13","slug":"man-arrested-in-connection-with-2-texas-killing-fields-murders-after-40-years-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/229782\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in connection with 2 \u2018Texas Killing Fields\u2019 murders after 40+ years, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Elmore, 61, was booked into the Galveston County Jail, according to KPRC<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas \u2013 After more than 40 years, authorities arrested a man in connection with two deaths related to the \u201cTexas Killing Fields,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/31\/man-accused-of-helping-dispose-of-2-bodies-in-texas-killing-fields-murders-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/31\/man-accused-of-helping-dispose-of-2-bodies-in-texas-killing-fields-murders-arrested\/\">according to a report from KPRC<\/a>, KSAT\u2019s sister station in Houston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">James Elmore, 61, was booked Tuesday into the Galveston County Jail on charges of manslaughter and evidence tampering related to the deaths of Laura Miller and Audrey Cook, KPRC reported. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Miller and Cook were found dead in an abandoned oil field in League City, Texas, long known as the Texas Killing Fields, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2024\/10\/02\/clues-that-could-have-helped-solve-the-texas-killing-fields-murders-in-an-all-new-episode-of-the-evidence-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2024\/10\/02\/clues-that-could-have-helped-solve-the-texas-killing-fields-murders-in-an-all-new-episode-of-the-evidence-room\/\">according to KPRC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Elmore is accused of helping Clyde Edwin Hedrick, a longtime suspect in the cases, hide Miller and Cook\u2019s remains, KPRC reported. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Hedrick, who maintained his innocence in an August 2024 interview with KPRC, died last week as prosecutors were preparing murder charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Miller\u2019s father told KPRC that Elmore reached out four years ago and met with him dozens of times, sharing details Miller says were never made public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Read also:<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>What we know so far about the Comal County high school shooting<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kSMyDq jdBbpv\">\u25b6 1:53<\/p>\n<p>What we know so far about the Comal County high school shootingJCB plant in San Antonio set to be the largest worldwide<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kSMyDq jdBbpv\">\u25b6 0:56<\/p>\n<p>JCB plant in San Antonio set to be the largest worldwideWhat we know about the shooting at Hill Country College Prep HS<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 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