{"id":406519,"date":"2026-08-14T14:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406519\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:48:09","slug":"texas-rangers-seek-publics-help-for-cold-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406519\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers seek public&#8217;s help for cold case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ABILENE, Texas \u2014 Thirty years after Juan &#8220;Leon&#8221; Laureles was found shot to death next to his burning vehicle in Brown County. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktxs.com\/news\/big-country\/child-among-two-dead-after-rollover-crash-in-brown-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RELATED | Child among two dead after rollover crash in Brown County<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"(KTXS\/Tatum DeHart)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d066dbb3-d028-4510-97e9-7be8d88ec654-KTXSRDNCOLDCASEPKGTATUMDEHART08142026.00_00_31_07.Still002.jpg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(KTXS\/Tatum DeHart)<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Rangers are once again seeking the public&#8217;s help with this unsolved crime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktxs.com\/news\/brownwood\/pedestrian-flown-to-fort-worth-trauma-center-after-being-struck-by-18-wheeler-in-early\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RELATED | Pedestrian flown to Fort Worth trauma center after being struck by 18-wheeler in Early<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"(KTXS\/Scott Martin)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b687e09e-3002-4324-b0ed-c16fda73c8eb-KTXSRDNCOLDCASEPKGTATUMDEHART08142026.00_00_53_13.Still001.jpg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(KTXS\/Scott Martin)<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are offering a cash reward for information that could help bring answers to Laureles&#8217; family.<\/p>\n<p>KTXS will speak with the Texas Rangers. KTXS  will update this story with more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ABILENE, Texas \u2014 Thirty years after Juan &#8220;Leon&#8221; Laureles was found shot to death next to his burning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-406519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406519","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=406519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}