I managed to compile a list of all investigators involved in this unsolved case. My hope was to speak to one or more of them to gain further insight, but sadly most, maybe all, are deceased.

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• San Jacinto county Sheriff William Lewis Woodruff  (Born 1932; Died 1997) Buried in same cemetery as victim

• Texas Ranger Captain Eddie L. Oliver (Born 1906; Died 1986)

• Texas Ranger Ed Gooding (Born 1924; Died 2003)

• Texas Ranger J.L. “Pete” Rogers (Died 1978)

• Texas Ranger Quincy J. Lowman (Born 1897; Died 1965)

• Texas Ranger Bill Carter (spokesperson) (Born 1919; Died 2000)

• Texas Ranger Clay W. Bednar of Liberty county  (Born 1924; Died 2004)

• Columbus "Bud" Ellisor- San Jacinto county Justice of the Peace (Born 1890; Died 1969)

• Dr. Joseph Jachimczyk- Houston pathologist  (Born 1923; Died 2004)

• Tom J. Carr (Houston polygraph examiner)

• San Jacinto county Constable Collis Everitt  (Born 1923; Died 1975)

• San Jacinto county Sheriff Deputy W.M. Perkins (Born 1905; Died 1996)

• San Jacinto county Sheriff Deputy J.W. Morrison  (Born 1898; Died 1965)

• Cleveland Police Chief W.W. Moore (Born 1908; Died 2003)

• Houston Detective Newellton “Blackie” Free (Born 1925; Died 2010)

• Wharton county Sheriff Mike Flournoy (Born 1952; Died 1978)

OTHER OUTSIDE INVESTIGATORS:

• Clay county Sheriff deputy J.P. Hall Jr.

• Jacksonville Chief of Detectives J.C. Patrick

• Jacksonville Detective James Suber

• Worth county Sheriff D.S. Hudson

• Florida Deputy Leo Pritchard

• Florida Deputy Gordon Young

• Florida State Attorney William A. Hallowes

• Georgia Bureau of Investigations Lt. H.F. Smith

• Georgia Crime Lab’s Dr. Herman Jones

• El Paso Sheriff Bob Bailey (Born 1913; Died 1991)

• El Paso Sheriff Don Whitley (Born 1920; Died 2005)

• Roswell Chief of Police Tommy Thompson (Born 1948; Died 1964)

• FBI Lab (Washington D.C.) Dr. Frederick Bornstein (Died 1978)

• Wichita, KS Sheriff Lt. Guy Crossfield (Died 1979)