LEAGUE CITY, Texas – Investigators with several Galveston County law enforcement agencies are helping with a new search in the “Texas Killing Fields” in League City.
Several Texas EquuSearch volunteers are also scouring the area off Calder Drive.
This search is connected to April’s arrest of James Elmore, Jr. Elmore has been charged in connection of two of the so-called “Killing Fields” cases; Laura Miller and Audrey Cook.
EquuSearch founder and Laura Miller’s father, Tim Miller, said Elmore approached him four years ago and said he had information about the bodies buried off what was then Calder Road. Miller said Elmore stated there was another body buried in the area, but he didn’t have a name of victim.
Investigators said Elmore was friends with Clyde Hedrick, the man considered the prime suspect in all four “Killing Fields” murders. Hedrick committed suicide in March.
Investigators said Elmore implicated himself in helping Hedrick dispose of Laura Miller and Cook’s bodies. Elmore is in the Galveston County jail awaiting trial on manslaughter and evidence tampering charges.
Laura Miller, Heide Fye Villareal, Audrey Cook and Donna Prudhomme were all found in the same field between 1984 and 1991.
This is a developing story, check back later for updates.