BACLIFF, Texas – The search for human remains on a property in Bacliff ended on Friday, according to officials with the Galveston County District Attorney’s Office. The search was triggered by the recent indictment of James Elmore, Jr. on charges related to the murders of Laura Miller and Audrey Cook.
Elmore was indicted on charges of manslaughter and evidence tampering and remains in the Galveston County jail. According to a search warrant filed in Galveston County, Elmore told investigators the property where he was living at the time of his arrest was previously connected to Clyde Hedrick, the man considered the prime suspect in the ‘Texas Killing Fields’ murders of Laura Miller, Heide Fye, Audrey Cook and Donna Prudhomme.
Investigators wrote Elmore told them Hedrick set fire to a structure on the property with two women inside. The warrant reads Elmore said he believes Hedrick then buried the women on the property.
A multi-day search of the property beginning Apr. 16 did not uncover any human remains, according the officials with the DA’s Office, who also said no other searches are planned at this time.
Hedrick committed suicide in March. Galveston District Attorney Ken Cusick said at the time of Hedrick’s death, his office was on the cusp of asking a grand jury to indict him in Miller, Fye, Cook and Prudhomme’s murders.
Indictments filed against Elmore read he prepared a vial of cocaine for Hedrick, who then injected Miller with the drugs, killing her. Court documents read Elmore then saw Hedrick dispose of Miller and Cook’s bodies.
Miller and Cook were both found in a field off Calder Rd. in League City in 1986. Fye was found in the same location in 1984 and Prudhomme was found in 1991.