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An interactive evidence locker of crime in the Texas Panhandle — cold cases, convictions, and the long shadow of the Amarillo sun.
Dossiers on File
The Clifford Shootings
Billy Joe Stevens shot by lover's husband in Hereford, Texas
The Murder of George Jones
George Jones had only been back in Amarillo for six weeks before his murder.
One Death, Two Men, Three Confessions
The murder of Edith Whitfield was a capital murder committed in the early morning hours of October 22, 1975, during the robbery of a Toot 'n Totum convenience store in Amarillo, Texas.
Amarillo's oldest cold case: Murl Reeves
More than five decades after a bakery manager was stabbed to death inside a River Road bread store, no one has been convicted of her murder
Cousins’ 1983 Texas Panhandle Murders Remain Unsolved
The bodies of two young women were found on a rural road near Groom, Texas on December 9, 1983.
The Death of Gail Lenore Smith
On October 14, 1985, at about 4:00 p.m., John and Milagros Wertz drove John's step-sister, Gail Lenore Smith, to a rest stop outside of Fort Worth, Texas.
No Good Deed Unpunished: Amarillo Policeman Killed
Sgt James Mitchell shot by Randal Wayne Hafdahl after stopping to provide assistance after car wreck
When Alvin Shot the Deputy
Alvin Wayne Crane shot and killed deputy sheriff Melvin Drum during a domestic dispute with his wife
What Robert Did
Robert James Anderson was sentenced to death for the brutal murder of a 5-year-old girl in Amarillo, Texas
The Killing of Trooper Booth
On Wednesday, June 16, 1993 a DPS trooper was shot and killed near Stratford, Texas.
Raper–Bodry Crime Spree
In November 2000, Tom Raper Jr. and Hiram Bodry went on a multi-day crime spree through the Texas Panhandle that left two people dead — Clifford Shannon Espinoza and Patricia Norris Hart — ending in…
Cold Case Closed: Milo Cradale Williams
The shooting death of a convenience store clerk went unsolved for nearly five years.
Like Fire': Shotgun Blast Claims Deputy's Life
Christopher Chad Britton exhibited signs of schizophrenia in the days leading up to the fatal shooting of Deputy Bruce Graham.
Officer-Involved Shooting Ends Amarillo Teen's Violent Crime Spree
Aaron Marcos Valdez was killed when he pulled his gun on police officers attempting to arrest him for a string of violent shootings in North Amarillo.
Murder of Husin Bi
Husin Bi was shot in the head and killed at a gambling house in the Eastridge neighborhood of Amarillo, Texas, on March 12, 2020.