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THE POLICE NEWS
VOLUME VII, NUMBER 5
Texas' Largest Police News Publication
May 2010
Forensic Anthropologist “Digging” for Answers to 37-year old Murders
By Barbara Gibson and Debera
Phinney
one day she would be walking in the shoes of legendary
hen
Dr.
Sharon
forensic pathologist and Harris
Derrick was a teenagCounty Medical Examiner Dr.
er she watched the horror of
Joseph Jachimczyk in identifyHouston's Mass murders unfold
ing the victims of Dean Corll,
on her family's television in
and his accomplices Elmer
Austin, Texas. She watched,
Wayne Henley, Jr., and David
as the world did, Houston and
Owen Brooks most of whom
Pasadena police detectives
were her own age.
remove one body after another
Dr. Derrick's journey into the
from a boat storage shed in Victim in Case ML73-3356 with short and long hair. Can you identify unknown began at the Harris
this boy?
southwest Houston.
County Institute of Forensic
The boat shed was revealed
Sciences formerly known as
as Dean Corll’s private cemthe Harris County Medical
etery where, after sadistically
Examiner's Office in 2006 when
torturing and raping his vicat her own request she was
tims, their nude bodies were
assigned to identify the remainwrapped in plastic, bound with
ing three victims. Her task was
rope, covered with lime and
to dig through the depths of time
placed in shallow graves. The
utilizing her skills as a seasoned
discovery was made after an
forensic anthropologist.
early morning phone call on Victim in Case ML73-3378 with short and long hair. Can you identify Derrick is in the Anthropology
this boy?
August 8, 1973 to Pasadena
Division which includes three
old David Owen Brooks, had over the
Police from 17- year old Elmer Wayne
forensic anthropologists and an identifipast three years acted as “procurers,”
Henley, Jr. Henley said to police “y’all
cation specialist. They analyze skeletal
luring unsuspecting boys, many lifelong
better come, I just killed a man.” Once
remains to build a profile consisting
friends, to their deaths at the hands of
in custody Henley explained that the
of age, race, sex, height, presence or
Corll. Over the next few days, Henley
man he killed was Dean Corll. Henley
absence of trauma, and time since death
and Brooks would lead police to two
shot Corll five times in self defense
to aid law enforcement in positive idenmore burial sites at Lake Sam Rayburn
after Corll handcuffed him and threattification of an individual when no other
and High Island in Galveston County.
ened to rape and kill him.
means are available. Sometimes it is
The final body count in 1973 climbed
Then Henley began to weave a tale
not possible to gather all of the pertito 27 boys ranging in ages from 13-20.
so inconceivable that, at first, the detecnent information because the remains
Thirty five years later, three victims
tives didn’t believe him. He described
may be badly damaged or fragmented.
remain unidentified.
how he and another teenager, 18-year
Whenever possible, however, forensic
Never did Dr. Derrick imagine that
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anthropologists create a detailed profile
of the remains, with the ultimate goal of
Clothing from the body of victim in Case
ML73-3356. Do you recognize this clothing?
positive identification.
In a personal interview with The
Police News Dr. Derrick said, “The
three victims were autopsied in 1973
and at one point were sent to an outside
anthropological service and there was
a report from that anthropologist for
each of the three cases, but I wanted to
go in and do my own analysis as well
and see if we jived and make sure we
could submit some DNA to develop a
profile on these three individuals. This
had been done previously but it was
back in the antiquated days so the type
of DNA analysis that was done was
unable to produce any results. I did
a full anthropological examination on
each of the three cases and my report
was very similar to the results of the
prior report. We combined these reports
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Troy
Hogues,
27, of Morgan’s
Point was arrested by Friendswood police for
Failure to Register, a third degree
felony. Hogues
was also charged
Troy Hogues
with Unlawful
Possession of a Firearm by a Felon and
Unlawful Possession of Body Armor, a
bullet-proof vest found during a search
of his house.
Killer, rapist dies on
Texas death row
HUNTSVILLE TX
- William Berkley,
convicted of the
2000 rape and murder of an 18-year-old
woman, was executed by lethal injection April 22nd, the
William Berkley
state’s sixth execution this year.
Berkley, 31, was convicted in 2002
of the rape and murder of Sophia Martinez whose body was found the day after
her murder in the desert, with five bullet
wounds in her head.
Martinez‘s car keys were found at
Berkley‘s house, the bullets used against
her came from a gun belonging to Berkley‘s father, and his DNA was found on
Martinez‘s body.
Nine more executions are scheduled
in Texas in the next three months. Berkley‘s execution was the 14th in the US
this year.
Meth Cook Busted
The Rockport
Police Department shut down
a methamphetamine lab, arrested 42-year-old
James E. Gravell, and seized a
large quantity of
James E. Gravell
Friendswood police Lt. Josh Rogers,
Officer David Gonzales and Officer Andrew Whittaker display a ballistic blanket which can be quickly deployed to
protect officers or citizens from gunfire
and other hazardous materials.
The Friendswood Police Dept. received
two of the blankets from an anonymous
donor, each valued at $1,000.
Department spokeswoman Officer
Lisa Price said ballistic blankets can
be used quickly for immediate bullet or
fragmentation protection. The blankets
can easily be thrown over windows,
doors and walls and can be used as a
personal shield in hazardous situations
such as high risk warrant service.
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Three Decades of Police Work
Baird takes job with
State Comptroller
Pasadena Police Sgt. Mike Baird has
retired after 31-years on the department and has taken a position with
the Houston branch of the Texas State
Comptroller’s Office in the Criminal
Investigations Division. He will be one
of 20 people in the state who will conduct investigations into various types of
fraud, including sales tax fraud, alcohol
tax fraud and motor fuel tax fraud.
chemicals used in the production of the
drug April 7.
The DPS Clandestine Lab Team from
Corpus Christi tested the area in and
around the residence for poisonous gases and other hazardous chemicals often
associated with methamphetamine labs.
Officers in protective suits entered and
searched the residence. Officers seized
numerous glass containers filled with
solvents, containing methamphetamine
nearing its final stage of production. A
large quantity of chemicals used in the
production of methamphetamine was
also seized.
Gravell was arrested and charged with
the manufacture of a controlled substance and was being held in the Aransas County Jail in lieu of a half million
dollar bond.
Pasadena Police Sgt. Mike Baird
Life in Prison
for Child Rape
Randell Outland, 40, was convicted in October
of
aggravated
sexual assault —
a first-degree felony. Authorities
said he assaulted
the victim, then
Randell Outland
10, over a fourmonth period when the girl’s mother
was at work.
In April a Montgomery County judge
sentenced him to life in prison after taking into consideration his past conviction for a similar crime in Utah.
Digging...Cont. from page 1
and took samples from each of the
individuals and sent them to the Texas
Missing Person DNA database for identification.”
This database provides a very powerful tool for investigators trying to
locate missing persons or identifying
remains by allowing federal, state, and
local crime laboratories to electronically
exchange and compare DNA profiles.
Derrick said, “We had mixed results
on all three, because, even though they
had been kept refrigerated since 1973
at the proper temperature and storage,
DNA does get contaminated over time.
We then submitted some teeth and long
bones from the individuals. It’s a very
long process especially when you’re
dealing with old bones. It took awhile
to get the first negative test results
back. So we just kept trying, sending
samples of bones until we were able to
get a mitochondrial DNA profile on all
three. You don’t make an ID on mitochondrial DNA alone as you are not
really narrowing down the population
to a specific person or family. We can’t
absolutely identify a person from the
mitochondrial DNA, but on the other
hand the nuclear DNA, because in most
cases it encodes more of the genome
than the mitochondrial DNA, we can
usually get a pretty good comparison if
you have enough of the DNA sample.
"On one of the victims we were able
to identify a full mitochondrial DNA
profile and enough of the nuclear DNA
profile to be completely comparable,
but that wasn’t one of these three boys.
It was the 28th victim that we were
able to identify just this past year.
Seventeen year old Joseph Allen Lyles
was reported missing on February 1,
1973. He was identified because I had
already collected DNA from the family. At first we thought he might be
one of our three victims, but he wasn’t.
Lyles’ remains were not recovered back
in 1973, he was found in 1983 and no
connection was made at that time to
the mass murders even though he was
found right next to where some of the
other victims were recovered on High
Island. The senior anthropologist and
I split up the cases, she took the 1983
case and sent in the DNA sample for
the profile just like we do as part of
our standard operating procedure and it
came back with a hit with Lyles’ family.
It was amazing. We were very excited.
I suspected that Joseph Allen Lyles was
one of the victims, but he wasn’t one of
the known victims. Given the fact that
he knew Dean Corll, was seen in his
company and lived very close by, his
family has always suspected he was a
victim.
"It’s all very much detective work
even though we aren’t law enforcement.
We have a missing person report but it
was 1973 and people do move around
and all the phone numbers in Houston
have changed since then. We had to get
on multiple search-engine databases to
try and find the family. I was finally
able to find his niece who in turn contacted her mother who was Lyle’s sister
who then contacted me and then the
whole family got involved. But it took
months, because we have a full time
case load as it is with current cases and
so these cases although we are working
very hard to get them resolved, sometimes they just have to sit on the desk
for a little while because we have to do
our daily work. It takes a long time to
do these searches and then get the family to actually come in, although every
family I have contacted asking them to
come submit DNA have responded with
“oh yes ma’am, thank you for calling
me, I’ve always wanted to do this.”
In addition to the DNA testing, Dr.
Derrick contacted the LSU FACES
(Forensic Anthropology and Computer
Enhancement Services) laboratory in
Baton Rouge which was able to produce
facial reconstructions of the victims.
With these photographs Dr. Derrick
contacted David Owen Brooks and
Elmer Wayne Henley, both serving life
sentences in prison. Henley was not
able to offer any assistance. Brooks,
although unable to provide a name, was
able to describe the accurate manner
of death of one of the victims as well
as draw a map to the boy’s home. This
information already confirmed what Dr.
Derrick had long suspected. One of the
victims was Randall Lee Harvey. On
March 9, 1971, Harvey left his home
in the Heights on his bike to work at a
Fina gas station on Ella Blvd in the Oak
Forest neighborhood. The 15-year-old
finished work that night, then disappeared. His mother reported him missing two days later, but he was never
heard from again. His bicycle was never
found. DNA tests, skeletal analysis and
circumstantial evidence helped lead to
Harvey's official identification.
Before Dr. Derrick left the prison,
Brooks told her that the location of the
first victim Corll murdered was at an
apartment complex on Judiway Street
prior to September of 1970. Brooks’
original statement to police stated that
the first murders he knew about occurred
in southwest Houston at the Yorktown
House apartments on December 15,
1970 where he had seen James Glass
and Danny Yates, both 14, tied to Corll’s
bed. Corll promised Brooks a car if he
kept his mouth shut about what he had
seen. The boat shed in Houston was
rented by Corll in November 1970,
making Glass and Yates the first victims
to be buried there.
The two unidentified victims remaining, known as case number ML73-
3378 found at Lake Sam Rayburn, is
described as a white male 15-19 years
old, 5’8” tall with dark brown hair
approximately 3 1/2” in length and case
number ML-73-3356 which was a boy
found at the boat shed, and described as
a white male 15-20 years old, 5’2”- 5’7”
tall with dark brown hair approx 7” in
length. He was found with blue corduroy pants, a Henley style shirt decorated
with a peace symbol, a multicolored,
striped swim suit with an attached belt
and brown cowboy boots. Facial reconstruction was developed for both boys
but additional DNA testing later concluded that the lower jaw bone used in
the reconstruction of the Sam Rayburn
victim did not belong to that victim and
was removed from the photograph.
Was Brooks suggesting that case
number ML73-3356 aka “swim suit”
boy, may have been from the Oak
Forest area as Judiway is across the
street from the Oak Forest Park that
kids would flock to during the summer
to enjoy the facility’s swimming pool?
Since Corll didn’t rent the boat shed
until November of 1970, is it possible
he moved the body? Dr. Derrick speculates based on the decomposition and
the sequence of burial spots in the boat
shed, “swim suit” boy’s death could
more likely be placed in 71 or 72, probably around the summer time.
The second remaining victim, case
number ML73-3378, was found in a
shallow grave in a remote woodsy area
near Lake Sam Rayburn. His level of
decomposition was similar to or a little
more advanced than the victim Homer
Garcia, whose body was recovered in
a shallow grave about ten feet away.
Garcia was last seen on July 7, 1973.
He had met Henley at the Coaches
Driving School in Bellaire and had
been tortured and murdered at Corll’s
house in Pasadena. Dr. Derrick speculates that he may have disappeared
at the same time as Garcia or some
time in June. Another June victim was
William “Billy” Lawrence, also a friend
of Henley’s. Lawrence’s father last saw
him on June 4, 1973 and received a letter from him post marked June 8th from
Austin. Could this victim be a hitch
hiker from the Austin area? Dr. Derrick
would like to hear from those that have
a loved one that has been missing any
time in 1973.
“What I am hoping for is that the
Police News will be able to get some
information out there to the public,"
explains Derrick. "I don’t care if you
don’t think it’s going to match, give
law enforcement your DNA and get
it into the system because if we don’t
have your unidentified missing loved
one, someone else in the country may
and will never be able to make that
comparison especially for cases along
time ago. If you have a missing fam-
ily member from any time get your
DNA into the system, it’s a wonderful
database because all ME offices in the
country are going to put information
into the NamUs (National Missing and
Unidentified Persons System) database
and it will have all the particulars of the
case and then the DNA will be put into
CODIS (CODIS stands for Combined
DNA Index System)so that if they submit their DNA without having an idea
of what they might want to look for on
NamUs they might get a hit.
"If they are local and they think it
might be a Harris County death, they
can always come to us, the Harris
County Institute of Forensic Sciences’
office, and we’ll be glad to do that,
however, other than that small portion
of the population, call your local law
enforcement office, whatever is closest to you and ask them how you need
to go about submitting a DNA sample.
It has to be law enforcement and not
your doctor and it takes just 15 minutes.
Providing a DNA sample is a simple
and painless procedure of swabbing the
inside cheek of the mouth for about 15
seconds.
"The process does take awhile, usually a few months before the submitted
sample is processed. It takes about 2-4
weeks to analyze the swab and get it
entered into the system. Then they can
get a hit in a week if the unidentified
person’s DNA is already in the system.
Give it a couple of months before you
start calling law enforcement for the
results. If there’s a hit, they are going to
contact you.”
If you have a missing loved one
in Harris County or if you have any
information that may help identify the
remaining Corll victims, please call
the Harris County Institute of Forensic
Sciences’ office at 713.796-9292 and
ask to speak with Dr. Sharon Derrick
or any of the other forensic anthropologists, if she is not available.
Barbara Gibson is a former administrator
for a national missing persons organization,
having been involved in over 100 cases.
She is an independent investigative reporter,
focusing on cold cases. Email her at [email protected].
Debera Phinney is a true crime buff and
assists Gibson with research and investigation of cases.
The game is over for
Verdell Johnson
A man with a history
of violent crime, awaiting trial on a murder
charge, was sentenced
in Galveston to 80 years
in prison for the aggravated robbery of a game
Verdell Johnson
room clerk.
Verdell Johnson, 57, pleaded guilty to
the 2008 armed robbery of the Hideaway game room in Bacliff.
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GALVESTON - Bill Scott may not
be the ‘oldest’ cop in these parts but
he has been on the Galveston Police
Department 45-years, longer than anyone else. With that earned longevity
comes certain perks and privileges and
honoraries.
Recently Scott, who still wears the
rank of patrolman and is the departments only civil service rated corporal,
pinned the Lieutenants badge on one
of the departments youngest officers,
Michael Gray , who signed on with the
department in 2001.
Although Chief Charles Wiley did the
official swearing in, it was Scott, generally acknowledged as the department’s
honorary field commander, who made it
official by pinning on Grays new badge.
That made Gray one of Scott’s bosses,
in a manner of speaking.
Gray has been assigned to head the
department’s Office of Professional
Standards.
Scheduled Executions
in exchange for his guilty pleas, the
charges were reduced to murder and he
was sentenced to two consecutive life
terms on January 22, 1991.
Rogelio Cannady, 38, was sentenced to
death on December 5, 1997, after a jury
found him guilty of capital murder.
On October 10,
1993, Cannady fatally beat prison
cellmate Leovigildo
Bonal. Because Cannady was already
serving two consecutive life sentences
Rogelio Cannady for two murders
committed in 1990,
Bonal’s murder was a capital offense.
Cannady beat Bonal with a combination
lock attached to a belt and repeatedly
stomped and kicked Bonal in the head
with his boots. Fifty-five years old at the
time of his death, Bonal was serving a
15-year sentence for a Tarrant County
murder.
Cannady has a long history of juvenile offenses that began in 1984. In addition, on December 10, 1989, when he
was seventeen years old, he committed
a robbery in Harlingen, Texas. While he
was out on bond for that crime, on June
29, 1990, in La Feria, Texas, Cannady
fatally stabbed Rick Garcia, a fifteen
year-old-boy. On the same day, Cannady
sexually assaulted Anna Robles, a thirteen-year-old girl, then helped strangle
her. Cannady was tried and convicted of
the robbery charge in September 1990,
and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Though he was originally charged with
capital murder for the double homicide,
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Two condemned
Hunt County killers have been given
execution dates in
May. Kevin Scott
Varga, 41, and Billy
John Galloway, both
39, are scheduled to
die by lethal injec- Kevin Scott Varga
tion within days of
each other.
Varga and Galloway were convicted
in the 1998 beating
death of a man while
they robbed him for
his wallet and rental
car. Prosecutors said Billy John Galloway
the duo and one other person beat the victim with their fists,
feet, a hammer and a tree limb—killing
him.
They were arrested during a routine
traffic stop in San Antonio in the victim’s rented vehicle.
Varga, a former construction worker,
was originally from Michigan and had a
6th grade education. Prior to the capital
murder conviction, Varga spent 13 years
in a South Dakota prison for two separate sentences of burglary and grand
theft.
Prior to this sentence Galloway also
spent time in the South Dakota Depart-
ment of Corrections for grand theft, parole violations and attempted robbery.
He was paroled and released from jail
early in 1998 just three months before
the Hunt County murder. He was from
New York and also had only a 6th grade
education.
Galloway will meet the executioner
on May 3rd and Varga takes the walk on
May 12th.
The Mailbox
Trouble with the drug cartels on the
Texas-Mexico border have become a
national problem. One of our Police
News subscribers in the middle of things
writes:
The Obama Administration and Texas
governor Rick Perry are talking tough on
border security as it relates to the Mexican drug cartels. The fact remains, that
the Cartels are one of the most heavily
armed entities in the world.
Money is the most powerful incentive for bribing police, armed forces and
politicians on both sides of the border.
The so-called “spillover violence” will
eventually creep over to the U.S. and
authorities will be powerless to deal
with it.
As long as Americans hunger for more
illegal drugs and weapons trafficking
from the U.S. is lucrative the cartels are
more than happy to accommodate. The
cartel intelligence apparatus is evidently
familiarizing itself with the American
mindset.
Just as Law Enforcement profiles
criminals, the Cartels profile cops, politicians, judges and ordinary citizens to
better understand the American psyche
and complete its stranglehold. The lame
efforts on both sides of the border to
deal with the problem, is a way to appease the public and show “significant
results”. Both countries are part of the
same hypocrisy.
Elias Clark
Field Ops, Gang Intel and Intervention
Eagle Pass, TX
Pistol Packing
Ex-Con Busted
Ex-convict Ryan
James Johnson,
28, was busted in
League City on a
felony firearms
violation. Police
from
League
City,
deputy
constables and
highway patrol
Rogelio Cannady
took him down
in a Kroger’s gas station. His accomplice, Rashawn Henderson, 26, another
ex-con was arrested for driving with a
suspended license.
National Police Week
Respect
May 9-15, 2010
Honor
Remember
Established in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy and a joint resolution of Congress, National Police Week pays special tribute to
those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others. Ceremonies are held in
Washington, DC, and in communities across the country. In the nation’s capital, National Police Week features a number of special events
and moving tributes.
These area businesses and individuals salute law enforcement and pay special tributeto those officers who have sacrificed their lives on
our behalf.
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Thank you for your sacrifices
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May the last name on the wall
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5401 Broadway
409-740-4276
H & R Grocery and Meat
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1428 35th St. - Galveston
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Insurance Junction
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Judge Mary Nell Crapitto
Salutes fallen officers for their
ultimate sacrifice on our behalf
POLICE OFFICER
The City of Santa Fe Police Department is a
Civil Service employer and will be accepting applications until 5:30 PM on Thursday, May 27, 2010,
to test for placement on an eligibility list for the position of police officer. Applications may be submitted to the City of Santa
Fe, P. O. Box 950, 12002 Hwy. 6, Santa Fe, TX 77510-0950,
409-925-6412. For more information contact Pam Wood, Civil
Service Director. Police Officer job summary and qualifications:
Patrols the city and surrounding areas in order to enforce all
city ordinances and state and federal laws. High school graduate or passed a GED; be at least 20 years of age and not 45
years of age or older unless he/she has at least 10 consecutive years of prior law enforcement service with no more than
a 2 year break in law enforcement and must be able to read
and write the English language and ability to pass a medical,
psychological, and background examination; Texas Driver’s
License and must hold a current license or must acquire a license as a Texas Peace Officer prior to employment. Starting
wage is $17.90 per hour. The entrance police exam will
be given on Thursday, June 10, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. in the
City Council Chambers located at 12002 Hwy. 6, Santa
Fe, Texas.
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In a time of need we will call for their help above all others.
And when we are in danger, they respond immediately.
Without question, whether or not we know them or their families,
They come to our aid, not because it is their job, but because they care.
They serve and protect us daily, no matter the dangers they may face.
They go home to families like the rest of us and reflect upon their days.
And when they leave again, their families pray for their safe return,
And when we hear the morning news, we pray we never need them.
This week we remember those heroes that never came home,
And we join in with all citizens in silent tribute to our fallen officers,
Offering our prayers for their families and the families of those that
Continue to serve and protect and answer our calls.
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The Police News - Page Appointment With The
Executioner
John Avalos Alba,
54, forced his way
into the Collin County apartment where
his wife, 28-year-old
Wendy Alba, was
staying with a friend.
That day, in August John Avalos Alba
1991 he shot his wife
to death with a .22 caliber pistol before
shooting her friend, Gail Webb.
Webb survived the shooting and Alba
was arrested in Plano after a standoff with
police during which he held a gun to his
head and threatened to kill himself.
The Bastrop County native is scheduled
to be executed on May 25 in Huntsville.
He’d Rather Bleed Than Blow
Joshua Michael
Bailey, 30 was arrested in League
City for his third
DWI. He refused
to blow in the
breathalyzer so
he got it with the
needle in a forcible blood draw. Joshua Michael Bailey
His string of
criminal convictions and time in prison still hasn’t taught him anything it
seems.
WANTED FUGITIVES
Galveston County
Galveston County Sheriff’s Office
409-766-2322 or 1-866-248-8477
ABRAMS, GLORIA LANELL
B/F
02/16/1972
502/125
BRO/BRO
LKA: LAMARQUE
FELONY THEFT
ATKINS, MARCUS WAYNE
W/M 01/25/1980
600/200
BLN/HAZ
LKA: TEXAS CITY
CREDIT CARD ABUSE
BARR, DANIEL RAY
W/M 08/01/1989
511/215
BRO/GRN
LKA: LEAGUE CITY
ASSAULT BODILY INJURY FAMILY
VIOLENCE
BLEDSOE, CHARLIE JUWON
AKA: LIL CHARLIE
AKA: BLEDSOE, JUWON
B/M 11/29/1986
509/162
BLK/BRO
LKA: TEXAS CITY
MTRP-FORGERY
DAUPHINE , DONNA KAY
W/F 11/22/1962
500/120
BLN/GRN
LKA: SANTA FE
MTRP-FELONY THEFT
HEDRICK, SHANNON MICHELLE
W/F 10/18/1982
505/110
BRO/BRO
LKA: SAN LEON
MTRP-FORGERY GOV DOCUMENTS
GOMEZ, JERINO MANUEL
AKA: FLORES, JERMINO
W/M 02/17/1964
506/200
BRO/BRO
LKA: SAN LEON
AGG SEXUAL ASSAULT CHILD
JONES, DENNIS MICHAEL JR
W/M 01/15/1990
506/135
RED/HAZ
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Officer shot in drug raid needs your support
HOUSTON - On March 5, 2009 Officer Richard Salter along with a squad of
officers were serving a narcotics search
warrant at a house in Houston when his
life changed dramatically. Salter was
the leading man when the officers broke
down the door of the house to arrest the
suspected heroin dealer. The confrontation resulted in Officer Salter’s sustaining serious injuries from a gunshot to
Officer Richard Salter
the face from a large caliber weapon.
The accompanying officers returned
gun fire and killed the gunmen. It was
later determined the dead man was living in a heavily fortified residence with
an elaborate surveillance system that he
monitored through a large screen television which undermined the officers’ element of surprise.
Rick has been engaged in a courageous
battle to regain his independence after
he was left paralyzed on his left side and
having partial blindness. Accomplishing
part of his goal, Rick is now able to walk
and is continuing a daily regimen of aggressive physical therapy.
For his courageous and brave actions
that day Senior Officer Richard Salter
was honored on October 21, 2009 when
Texas Governor Rick Perry presented
him with the Star of Texas Award in a
special ceremony.
In honor of his great sacrifice in defending the Houston community for
over 27 years, Rick has been nominated
for the America's Most Wanted - 2010
AMW All-Star Award.
Please show your support for Rick’s
nomination by voting for him on the
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finalists to determine the AMW Award
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votes until he is shown to be a Weekly
Finalist.
The AMW All-Star Award winner
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NC in May of 2010. Be sure to watch
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