GALVESTON, Texas – A man accused of helping the longtime suspect in the “Texas Killing Fields” murders conceal two bodies is now facing more charges.
James Elmore was already charged with manslaughter and tampering with evidence. He is now also charged with possession of child pornography. His combined bond is set at $4.5 million.
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The latest charges comes following his arrest after being indicted on the former two charges. Court documents read the images were found on a phone Elmore was carrying the day of his arrest.
Prosecutors allege Elmore helped longtime suspect Clyde Edwin Hedrick conceal the remains Laura Miller and Audrey Cook—two of the women found dead in the area of Southeast Texas long known as the Texas Killing Fields.
Elmore was taken into custody on March 31 and remains in the Galveston County Jail.
Elmore’s indictment on the manslaughter and tampering charges also triggered a search of a property in Bacliff, which Elmore told investigators was connected to Hedrick. This is the property Elmore was living at the time of his arrest.
Investigators wrote that Elmore told them Hedrick set fire to a structure on the property with two women inside. The warrant read that Elmore said he believed 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 to officials with the Galveston County DA’s Office, who also said no other searches are planned at this time.
Hedrick died by suicide in March.