{"id":403383,"date":"2026-08-11T08:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/403383\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T08:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:44:23","slug":"warrant-turns-ups-dismembered-body-of-texas-man-in-bell-county-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/403383\/","title":{"rendered":"Warrant turns ups dismembered body of Texas man in Bell County"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Peter article <\/p>\n

Peter Barabas. (Bell County Inmate Inquiry Portal \/ FOX Local)<\/p>\n

HOLLAND, Texas – The dismembered body of a Texas man was discovered during a search by investigators last week.<\/p>\n

According to the Bell County Sheriff\u2019s Office, deputies responded to a 911 call on Friday that reported a homicide at a home on Pecan School Road in Holland. Deputies found cutting instruments covered in blood when they arrived.<\/p>\n

Deputies discovered the remains of 67-year-old Larry Barabas, of Holland, while executing a search warrant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Authorities said they arrested 35-year-old Peter Barabas in connection with Larry Barabas\u2019 death. He has been charged with murder, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence with intent to impair and abuse of a corpse without legal authority.<\/p>\n

“Because this remains an active criminal investigation, certain details cannot be released at this time,” deputies said in a Facebook post. “The Bell County Sheriff\u2019s Office will provide additional information when doing so will not compromise the investigation or any future prosecution.”<\/p>\n

Peter Barabas, of Temple, is being held in the Bell County Jail on $1.75 million bond.<\/p>\n

It is not clear if Peter Barabas is related to the victim.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Source: Information in this story came from the Bell County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the Bell County Inmate Inquiry Portal.<\/p>\n

Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Texas<\/a>Bell County<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Peter Barabas. (Bell County Inmate Inquiry Portal \/ FOX Local) HOLLAND, Texas – The dismembered body of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30675,1046,223,27,29,28,216,393],"class_list":["post-403383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-bell-county","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}